Anagrams of Mitteleuropa
Word Mitteleuropa has
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- petrolatum
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noun,
a yellowish or whitish, translucent, gelatinous, oily, semisolid, amorphous mass obtained from petroleum: used as a lubricant, rust preventive, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a protective dressing, emollient, and ointment base.
- tulip-tree
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noun,
Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
- impetrate
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verb (used with object),
to obtain by entreaty.
- altimeter
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noun,
a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures.
- Lattimore
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noun,
Richmond Alexander, 1906–84, U.S. poet, translator, and critic, born in China.
- pot-metal
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noun,
an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- part-time
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noun,
a period of time that is less than the usual or full time.
- pirouette
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noun,
a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- permutate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- meliorate
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verb (used with or without object),
ameliorate.
- elutriate
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verb (used with object),
to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
- tremolite
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noun,
a white or grayish variety of amphibole, Ca 2 Mg 5 Si 8 O 22 (OH) 2 , usually occurring in bladed crystals.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- petroleum
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noun,
an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
- petiolate
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adjective,
having a petiole or peduncle.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- matelote
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noun,
a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.
- Moultrie
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noun,
William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- apterium
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noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- Paulette
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Paul.
- tolerate
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- palmetto
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noun,
any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- time-out
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noun,
a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- mutilate
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verb (used with object),
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- remittal
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noun,
a remission.
- palmette
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noun,
a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation.
Compare anthemion, lotus (def 5).
- roulette
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noun,
a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
- tautomer
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noun,
a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
- Roumelia
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noun,
Rumelia.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- importee
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noun,
an imported person or thing.
- petalite
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noun,
a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, Li(AlSi 4 O 10), occurring in colorless or white foliated masses: an important source of lithium.
- operetta
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- petiolar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- tear-out
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adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- temporal
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- teleport
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noun,
a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- etiolate
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- Mariette
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noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- template
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noun,
a pattern, mold, or the like, usually consisting of a thin plate of wood or metal, serving as a gauge or guide in mechanical work.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- Mariupol
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noun,
a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- attemper
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verb (used with object),
to modify or moderate by mixing or blending with something different or opposite.
- Alouette
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noun,
French. a lark.
- tutorial
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noun,
a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
- troupial
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noun,
any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- ultimate
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noun,
the final point; final result.
- Tempter
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noun,
a person or thing that tempts, especially to evil.
- triplet
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noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- Palermo
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
- tempera
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- Templar
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- epaulet
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noun,
an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
- turmoil
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noun,
a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet:
- templet
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noun,
template.
- let-out
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noun,
Chiefly British. a means of escape; loophole.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- lempira
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- tempura
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noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- permute
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verb (used with object),
to alter; change.
- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- aureole
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noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- prattle
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noun,
the act of prattling.
- paletot
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noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- palette
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noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- termite
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noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- pteroma
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noun,
pteron.
- Eutopia
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noun,
a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment.
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- prelim.
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- Rumelia
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noun,
a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- eelpout
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- emitter
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noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- Lumiere
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noun,
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas [oh-gyst ma-ree lwee nee-kaw-lah] /oʊˈgüst maˈri lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lwee zhahn] /lwi ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA) 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
- petrol.
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- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- Protium
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noun,
the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- tapetum
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noun,
Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
- optimal
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adjective,
optimum (def 3).
- martlet
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noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- implore
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verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- patriot
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noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- Melitta
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noun,
a female given name.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- elepaio
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noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- Primula
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noun,
primrose (def 1).
- impearl
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- ailette
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noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- teatime
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noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- marplot
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noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- emulate
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adjective,
Obsolete. emulous.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- epitome
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- talipot
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noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- mulatto
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noun,
Anthropology. (not in technical use) the offspring of one white parent and one black parent.
- topmaul
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noun,
a heavy hammer with a steel or wooden head, used in shipbuilding.
- toprail
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noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- Partlet
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noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- tortile
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adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- partite
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noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- puttier
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noun,
a person who putties, as a glazier.
- matelot
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noun,
a sailor.
- pleuro-
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- peloria
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- parolee
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noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- plumate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- amputee
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noun,
a person who has lost all or part of an arm, hand, leg, etc., by amputation.
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- Platter
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noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- treetop
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noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Euratom
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noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- 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.
- triolet
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- outleap
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- Tritoma
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- plotter
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noun,
a person or thing that plots.
- leproma
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noun,
the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- tilt-up
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adjective,
of or relating to a method of casting concrete walls on site in a horizontal position or preassembling wooden wall and partition frames, then tilting them up into their final position:
- puerile
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adjective,
of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- atiptoe
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adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- trumpet
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noun,
Music.
any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
a trumpeter.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- peltate
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adjective,
having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- toluate
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noun,
a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
- muriate
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- titular
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noun,
a person who bears a title.
- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- Loretta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Moliere
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noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- patri-
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- Lieut.
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- imparl
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verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- putter
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noun,
puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
- Pilate
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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.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- ptero-
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- impart
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- limpet
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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.
- puttee
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noun,
a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
- import
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- imper.
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- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- puttie
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noun,
puttee.
- luteo-
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- pettle
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verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- outlet
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noun,
an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
- pumelo
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noun,
pomelo.
- iatro-
-
- petro-
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- lipoma
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noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- impale
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Lettie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- pileum
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noun,
the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- Petrel
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Littre
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noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- Petite
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noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- litter
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Latium
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noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- latter
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Laurie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- polite
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adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleur-
-
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- pleio-
-
- lupoma
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noun,
any of the tubercles occurring in lupus vulgaris.
- Platte
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noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- MAeroE
-
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Leipoa
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noun,
mallee fowl.
- polit.
-
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- impure
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adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- primal
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adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- impute
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verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- pairle
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noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Paiute
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noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- patter
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noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- pro-am
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noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- Moerae
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plural noun,
the Fates.
- pimola
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noun,
an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- paleo-
-
- Portia
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noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- letter
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- piolet
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Palmer
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- Maputo
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Mozambique, on Delagoa Bay.
- pottle
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noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- Potter
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noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- lepto-
-
- matri-
-
- ritual
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- ratite
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- aplite
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- mottle
-
noun,
a diversifying spot or blotch of color.
- Ampere
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noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- ampule
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- amulet
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noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- muleta
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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.
- toupee
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noun,
a man's wig.
- mulier
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- multi-
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- mettle
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noun,
courage and fortitude:
- torula
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- metro-
-
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- Muriel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- ultimo
-
adverb,
in or of the month preceding the current one:
Abbreviation: ult., ulto.
Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
- Utopia
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- utero-
-
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- pelmet
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- uptime
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- uptilt
-
verb (used with object),
to tilt up.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- ultra-
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Ultima
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- morula
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Turtle
-
noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- metal.
-
- mutate
-
verb (used with object),
to change; alter.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- tampur
-
noun,
tambura.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- empale
-
verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- rumple
-
noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- lumper
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- relume
-
verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- tetra-
-
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- terat-
-
- mutter
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- Muttra
-
noun,
former name of Mathura.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Temple
-
noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- teleo-
-
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- tauto-
-
- tauro-
-
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- 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.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- patr-
-
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- opium
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- part.
-
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- pari-
-
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- orial
-
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- pale-
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- telo-
-
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Teut.
-
- term.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- 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.
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- temp.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- tele-
-
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Tatum
-
noun,
Art, 1910–56, U.S. jazz pianist.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- 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.
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- toti-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- plur.
-
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- plio-
-
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- pleo-
-
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- pert.
-
- peta-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- petr-
-
- 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.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- poet.
-
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- rept.
-
- Prot.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Reaum
-
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- putto
-
noun,
a representation of a cherubic infant, often shown winged.
- Purim
-
noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- prem.
-
- Port.
-
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- prae-
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- pret.
-
- prom.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- prim.
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- auto.
-
- Euro-
-
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Melia
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- arium
-
- Ital.
-
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- meta-
-
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- metr-
-
- alto-
-
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- 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.
- male-
-
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- atmo-
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ileo-
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Amer.
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matr-
-
- Matt.
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- atto-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Metol
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- alum.
-
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- lipo-
-
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- elem.
-
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- aero-
-
- 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.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- LittM
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- aeri-
-
- areo-
-
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- 30-30
-
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- pro-
-
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- 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.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Ire.
-
- apo-
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Tit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- atm.
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Apr.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- att.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- art.
-
- Pol.
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- pot.
-
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- 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.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- top-
-
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- itol
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Lat.
-
- Arm.
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- pre-
-
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- Imp.
-
- Rom.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- epi-
-
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- epit
-
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Emp.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- taur
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- rpt.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- ator
-
- aur-
-
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ile-
-
- putt
-
noun,
an act of putting.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ette
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- 1080
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repl
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Rep.
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- aut-
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- 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.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- opia
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- OPer
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pam.
-
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Pal.
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- alt.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- out-
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Aire
-
- MEPA
-
- mal-
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MILR
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- uria
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- uro-
-
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- MOpt
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- 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.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- 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).
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- AIME
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- aet.
-
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- met.
-
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- ulto
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- aer-
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- mout
-
- uret
-
- mil.
-
- 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.
- EMet
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- amp.
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- PERL
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- lit.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- pil-
-
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- 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.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Pet.
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- tri-
-
- pat.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- trit
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ALU
-
- tra
-
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tr.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- AME
-
- Tpr
-
- ure
-
- TPI
-
- al.
-
- Apl
-
- AOU
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- uti
-
- Am.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- 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.
- at.
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- aor
-
- Tro
-
- ap-
-
- ARU
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TPM
-
- 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.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Ar.
-
- ALM
-
- ur-
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- UAE
-
- UAR
-
- eir
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- TMO
-
- tlr
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- eo-
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- UAM
-
- UIT
-
- ae.
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- trp
-
- UPI
-
- up-
-
- UMT
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- AMU
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- TIA
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ATP
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlo
-
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- 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.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ult
-
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- MLA
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- Me.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- lpm
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mao
-
- 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:
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- LMT
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- lep
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- PMT
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- pli
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- PLA
-
- 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:
- 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.
- pl.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LIM
-
- 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.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- MPE
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MTP
-
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPA
-
- MUP
-
- MIE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- MOR
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOI
-
- ml.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mi.
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- ote
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPM
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- MEP
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OEM
-
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
-
- op.
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- REA
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- eu-
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ITU
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Ep.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EMR
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- 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.
- EOE
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ROA
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RPO
-
- RPM
-
- EPA
-
- EPT
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Re.
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- IOT
-
- La.
-
- Ir.
-
- PTT
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- ium
-
- ior
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MLR
-
- IOU
-
- IPA
-
- ite
-
- IPM
-
- ITA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IRO
-
- PRA
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- IRL
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ier
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- Lt.
-
- POR
-
- il-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- TL
-
- L1
-
- RP
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- L2
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- TM
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- T1
-
- RU
-
- 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.
- t.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- L.
-
- le
-
- 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.
- MP
-
- O.
-
- ee
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- RI
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TT
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- LR
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- IP
-
- OA
-
- TP
-
- RO
-
- UL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- U.
-
- i.
-
- ol
-
- LM
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- PU
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UI
-