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Word necropolis has
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- precools
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verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- eclosion
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noun,
the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- nol-pros
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verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- Colonies
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noun,
a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
- orcinols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- replicon
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noun,
any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- orcinol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- pencils
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noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- console
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noun,
Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- clip-on
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noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- creosol
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- scolion
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noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- splicer
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noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- precool
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verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Scorpio
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- sclero-
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- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- spleno-
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- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- splenic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen:
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- sociol.
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- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- copier
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- copies
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noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Pinole
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- ponces
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noun,
a pimp.
- posole
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noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- copro-
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- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- pilose
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adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Cornel
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- scler-
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- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- icono-
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- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- polies
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noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- police
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noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- roncos
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noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- looper
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- scroop
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noun,
a scrooping sound.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loosen
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- polios
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- croons
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noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- pleio-
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- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- clino-
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- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- pencil
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noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- Pelion
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noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- copens
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- sporo-
-
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splice
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noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- splen-
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- orlops
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noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- recons
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- spiro-
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- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- operon
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- coolie
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noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Conroe
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noun,
a town in E Texas.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- consol
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noun,
singular of consols.
- necro-
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- cooler
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noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- cooner
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noun,
coon dog.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Cooper
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- socio-
-
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- picro-
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- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- coeno-
-
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- colors
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- solion
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Prince
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- poori
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- loose
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- Lopes
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noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- poons
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noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- LOOPS
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noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Prole
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- proc.
-
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- prise
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noun,
leverage.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- lipo-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
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noun,
German name of Poznań.
- porns
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noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- locos
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noun,
locoweed.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Pres.
-
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- pico-
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- Peron
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noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Olson
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noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- oleo-
-
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- 30-30
-
- Piers
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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.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Pecos
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noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Orson
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Orlon
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- peons
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- OPers
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OIcel
-
- Pilos
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noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- noso-
-
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- plio-
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- 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).
- pros.
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- encl.
-
- Colo.
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Sino-
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seric
-
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- coel-
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- cores
-
- coop.
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- corpn
-
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Cons.
-
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- resp.
-
- cine-
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- insp.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- insol
-
- insep
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- incor
-
- cero-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- incl.
-
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- recip
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- reni-
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- incr.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- Icel.
-
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- icons
-
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- spec.
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- ileo-
-
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- soln
-
- Soni
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- PERL
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Pen.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Sol.
-
- Pers
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- prs.
-
- pil-
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- pos.
-
- 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.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- pre-
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- prec
-
- sci.
-
- Rep.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rel.
-
- pro-
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- repl
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- psec
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- SLIC
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- scil
-
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- scr.
-
- sec.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- sepn
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pol.
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 1080
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Cres
-
- neo-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- oro-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Cor.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- iso-
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enc.
-
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- lip-
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- eco-
-
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- epi-
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ens.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- eso-
-
- cis-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Ice.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- clep
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- OPer
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Cels
-
- Inc.
-
- ile-
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cen.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- 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:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- CERN
-
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enl.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Con.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- esp.
-
- Ire.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- ole-
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- nos-
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Esc
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ILO
-
- ESL
-
- il-
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SCP
-
- ROP
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- ESR
-
- RPO
-
- RSE
-
- Ep.
-
- Rs.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERP
-
- ier
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EPS
-
- ose
-
- se-
-
- cle
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CNS
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- CNO
-
- CLR
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Clo
-
- CLI
-
- CIP
-
- SLP
-
- CIE
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- cl.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- SPR
-
- Sr.
-
- SLR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- CPI
-
- CSR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- CSO
-
- CRS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CRP
-
- SLE
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPL
-
- ILP
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ILS
-
- PLO
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- PIO
-
- NPR
-
- 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.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NOP
-
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLC
-
- pli
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOC
-
- PLR
-
- Oc.
-
- POC
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- NCO
-
- in.
-
- LSC
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- NSC
-
- op.
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- oon
-
- oo-
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- 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.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- LPN
-
- LSI
-
- POR
-
- Re.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- LCI
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- ipr
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- IPS
-
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ISR
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- RPS
-
- IRL
-
- RCN
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- IPO
-
- Isl
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- IOC
-
- LOC
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- ior
-
- PRC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ine
-
- CE
-
- RP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- RO
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- i.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- ic
-
- IP
-
- RN
-
- ol
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LR
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- N.
-
- NC
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- NL
-
- SN
-
- L.
-
- le
-
- L2
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SL
-
- S.
-
- LC
-