Anagrams of nepotisms
Word nepotisms has
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- 11-point
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- misspent
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adjective,
spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted:
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- pimentos
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noun,
pimiento.
- moistens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- postmen
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noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- stemson
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noun,
a curved timber in a wooden bow, scarfed at its lower end to the keelson.
- Stimson
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noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- somites
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- imposes
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- imposts
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noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- seismo-
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- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- eonisms
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- optimes
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- 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.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- Simpson
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noun,
James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
- misstep
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noun,
a wrong step.
- 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).
- tempos
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- tmesis
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noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- monies
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noun,
a plural of money.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- pistes
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ptosis
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noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- stomps
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noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stipos
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noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- messin
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noun,
messan.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- pitmen
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- posits
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- steins
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- steno-
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- Tessin
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noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- stimes
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stipes
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noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- snipes
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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.
- mesons
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Simons
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noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- estops
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spines
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- septi-
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- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- opsins
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- eosins
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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.
- optime
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- topmen
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noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spites
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Empson
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noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- insets
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- somni-
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- inmost
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adjective,
situated farthest within:
- impost
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noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- impose
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- motes
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noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- stipo
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noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- spent
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- speos
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noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spies
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- MSEnt
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- piton
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- stome
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- Osset
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noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- snits
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Mont.
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- stomp
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noun,
stamp (def 14).
- mosts
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noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mossi
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noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- penis
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Monte
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noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Moses
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noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- spine
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Stone
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- oste-
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- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- mopes
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noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- poet.
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- snots
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Pines
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noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- stipe
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noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Nimes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- pions
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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.
- sipes
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verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- omits
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- pesto
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noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- spits
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noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- pests
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noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- spite
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noses
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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.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Pinot
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- omni-
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- pesos
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- stime
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- opens
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noun,
an open or clear space.
- sties
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noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- opsis
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- nomes
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noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- opsin
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- peons
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- piste
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- nests
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noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nemos
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noun,
remote (def 10).
- step-
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- Nepos
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noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- sones
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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.
- spins
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noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- Noemi
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noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Mists
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noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- inst.
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- semis
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- semi-
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- tomes
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noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- seism
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noun,
an earthquake.
- inept
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adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- insep
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
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- smite
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- moist
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adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- snipe
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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.
- Timon
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noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- times
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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.
- snips
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noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- posts
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noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- sito-
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- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- teno-
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- eosin
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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.
- 30-30
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- Sino-
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- sines
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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.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- simps
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noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Simon
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noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- ento-
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- topis
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noun,
topee.
- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- estop
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Epis.
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- Epist
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- seti-
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- topes
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noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Epsom
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- septs
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noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- Sept.
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- sites
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sents
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- post-
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- smote
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verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- poses
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noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- meson
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- miso-
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- miens
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noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- posse
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noun,
posse comitatus.
- Posen
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noun,
German name of Poznań.
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- temp.
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- pomes
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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.
- tempi
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noun,
a plural of tempo.
- TEMPO
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- mites
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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.
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- misos
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noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Miss.
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- mises
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noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Minos
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noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- stops
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noun,
the act of stopping.
- meso-
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- stope
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noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- posit
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- pones
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Minto
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noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- temps
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noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- poss.
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- poise
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- meno-
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- Mines
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- pise
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noun,
rammed earth.
- site
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- poms
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noun,
pommy.
- snot
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noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snit
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- poem
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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.
- pome
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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.
- sops
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- peon
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- simp
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noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Pent
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noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
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noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Sims
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noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- SINE
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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.
- Pen.
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- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SIPS
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Soni
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- pone
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- some
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adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- seps
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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.
- seis
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noun,
sei whale.
- pot.
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- pion
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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.
- piss
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noun,
urine.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psst
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- snip
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noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- pint
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noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pts.
-
- SMTP
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- sits
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PINE
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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.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pos.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Sem.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Pet.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sepn
-
- 1080
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- ment
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- 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.
- men-
-
- ten.
-
- 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 = .
- mes-
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- met.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- MIPS
-
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- tion
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- ESIS
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emp.
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- eso-
-
- int.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- top-
-
- est.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- nom.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Mon.
-
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Ste.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Ont.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- osis
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MSPE
-
- MSTS
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- MOpt
-
- mops
-
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.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- MSIE
-
- TPI
-
- STP
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- TPM
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- TPN
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- SPS
-
- STM
-
- SSN
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SMS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- STI
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- ss.
-
- spt
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Ps.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- mi.
-
- 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.
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- MIT
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- 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.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MPE
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- MTS
-
- ne-
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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.
- Mo.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ETS
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- EIS
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- io-
-
- Me.
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IPM
-
- IPO
-
- IPS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NES
-
- MTP
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- PMT
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- 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:
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- OSS
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ot-
-
- pm.
-
- OSP
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- Npt
-
- op.
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ose
-
- Om.
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ons
-
- OIt
-
- OPM
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- TSS
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- SN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NM
-
- T1
-
- TP
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- N.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SM
-
- S.
-
- t.
-
- TM
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- i.
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- MP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MN
-
- IP
-
- TN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- M.
-
- 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.