Anagrams of neurophysiology
Word neurophysiology has
1968 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of neurophysiology.
- perigynous
-
adjective,
situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- geophilous
-
adjective,
Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- physiology
-
noun,
the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- hypnology
-
noun,
the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep.
- neurology
-
noun,
the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- poenology
-
noun,
penology.
- rhinology
-
noun,
the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
- prelusion
-
noun,
a prelude.
- sporeling
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- Helsingor
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- horologes
-
noun,
any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.
- gonopores
-
noun,
an opening through which eggs or sperm are released, especially in invertebrates.
- repulsion
-
noun,
the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- prolusion
-
noun,
a preliminary written article.
- poorhouse
-
noun,
(formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- hierology
-
noun,
literature or learning regarding sacred things.
- longshore
-
adjective,
existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport:
- epigynous
-
adjective,
(of flowers) having all floral parts conjoint and generally divergent from the ovary at or near its summit.
- urologies
-
noun,
the scientific, clinical, and especially surgical aspects of the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease.
- ionophore
-
noun,
a lipid-soluble substance capable of transporting specific ions through cellular membranes.
- phylogeny
-
noun,
the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- prologues
-
noun,
a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- prolonges
-
noun,
a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- serology
-
noun,
the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- youngish
-
adjective,
somewhat young.
- Spurgeon
-
noun,
Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- youngers
-
noun,
the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun):
- purloins
-
verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- Epigonus
-
noun,
epigone.
- pyrogens
-
noun,
a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.
- Polonius
-
noun,
the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- gonopore
-
noun,
an opening through which eggs or sperm are released, especially in invertebrates.
- polygons
-
noun,
a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- rheology
-
noun,
the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- pinholes
-
noun,
a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- longship
-
noun,
a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- pirogues
-
noun,
piragua (def 1).
- penology
-
noun,
the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- helpings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that helps.
- pishogue
-
noun,
sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- oologies
-
noun,
the branch of ornithology that studies birds' eggs.
- gyplures
-
noun,
a synthetic form of the sex pheromone of the female gypsy moth, used in traps to attract males.
- roughens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rough or rougher.
- ligneous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- in-group
-
noun,
a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- pleurisy
-
noun,
inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- isologue
-
noun,
one of two or more isologous compounds.
- longspur
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noun,
any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- in-house
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adjective, adverb,
within, conducted within, or utilizing an organization's own staff or resources rather than external or nonstaff facilities:
- plungers
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noun,
Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- hurlings
-
noun,
the act of throwing or casting, especially with great force or strength.
- lysogeny
-
noun,
the state of being lysogenic.
- prolongs
-
verb (used with object),
to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer:
- horologe
-
noun,
any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.
- horology
-
noun,
the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time.
- prognose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to subject to or make a prognosis.
- Sinology
-
noun,
the study of the language, literature, history, customs, etc., of China.
- no-hoper
-
noun,
a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- nol-pros
-
verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- Pershing
-
noun,
John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
- prolines
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- prologue
-
noun,
a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- hourlong
-
adjective,
lasting an hour:
- pruinose
-
adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- Perugino
-
noun,
(Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- posology
-
noun,
the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.
- prolonge
-
noun,
a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- nosology
-
noun,
the systematic classification of diseases.
- loungers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lounges.
- hyperons
-
noun,
any baryon with strangeness other than zero, especially one with a relatively long lifetime.
- hungerly
-
adjective,
marked by a hungry look.
- Honorius
-
noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 384–423, Roman emperor of the West 395–423.
- siphono-
-
- Hyperion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- glorious
-
adjective,
delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable:
- hypergol
-
noun,
any hypergolic agent.
- shopgirl
-
noun,
a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- perilous
-
adjective,
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
- perigons
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- leghorns
-
noun,
English name of Livorno.
- oenology
-
noun,
the science of viniculture.
- Younger
-
noun,
the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun):
- pileous
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adjective,
hairy or furry.
- Senghor
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noun,
Léopold Sédar [French ley-aw-pawld sey-dahr] /French leɪ ɔˈpɔld seɪˈdɑr/ (Show IPA), 1906–2001, African poet, teacher, and statesman: president of the Republic of Senegal 1960–80.
- pylorus
-
noun,
the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- philos.
-
- greyish
-
adjective,
grayish.
- Rushing
-
noun,
a sequence of social events sponsored by a fraternity or sorority for prospective members prior to bidding and pledging.
- signory
-
noun,
seigniory.
- rulings
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- pinhole
-
noun,
a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- pigsney
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noun,
a darling.
- shoo-in
-
noun,
a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- phrenol
-
- phorous
-
- Goneril
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- phoneys
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- phonol.
-
- Shirley
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noun,
James, 1596–1666, English dramatist.
- gooneys
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noun,
Slang. goon (def 2a).
- phoresy
-
noun,
(among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- shoring
-
noun,
a number or system of shores for steadying or supporting a wall, a ship in drydock, etc.
- shingly
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adjective,
consisting of or covered with shingle.
- philous
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- physiol
-
- physio-
-
- shingle
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noun,
a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- phreno-
-
- Leghorn
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noun,
English name of Livorno.
- Phineus
-
noun,
a brother of Cepheus who was not brave enough to rescue his betrothed Andromeda from a sea monster and who was eventually turned to stone.
- isoneph
-
noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having the same amount of cloudiness.
- gophers
-
noun,
any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- serpigo
-
noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- isopyre
-
noun,
an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- gun-shy
-
adjective,
frightened by the sound of a gunshot:
- rousing
-
noun,
a rousing.
- hyperon
-
noun,
any baryon with strangeness other than zero, especially one with a relatively long lifetime.
- heroins
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- repugns
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verb (used with object),
to oppose or refute.
- relishy
-
- hurling
-
noun,
the act of throwing or casting, especially with great force or strength.
- poorish
-
adjective,
somewhat poor; rather poor.
- Hyginus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 140, pope 136–140.
- hurleys
-
noun,
the game of hurling.
- hungers
-
noun,
a compelling need or desire for food.
- porgies
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- Huygens
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noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; Dutch kris-tee-ahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Dutch ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1629–95, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- pushing
-
noun,
the act of pushing; a shove or thrust.
- housing
-
noun,
any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place.
- hernio-
-
- purloin
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purlins
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- hosiery
-
noun,
stockings or socks of any kind.
- progeny
-
noun,
a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
- horsily
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adverb,
in a horsy manner.
- Holguin
-
noun,
a city in NE Cuba.
- prolegs
-
noun,
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
- proline
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- prolong
-
verb (used with object),
to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer:
- Hoosier
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).
- hoopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- honours
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- polygon
-
noun,
a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- pirogen
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- inshore
-
adverb,
toward the shore:
- groynes
-
noun,
groin (def 4).
- pyrogen
-
noun,
a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.
- Gropius
-
noun,
Walter [wawl-ter;; German vahl-tuh r] /ˈwɔl tər;; German ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, German architect, in the U.S. from 1937.
- pirogue
-
noun,
piragua (def 1).
- groupie
-
noun,
a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
- pyrones
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- roughen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become rough or rougher.
- grushie
-
adjective,
healthy; thriving.
- plenish
-
verb (used with object),
to fill up; stock; furnish.
- pleuro-
-
- pleuron
-
noun,
the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- rosolio
-
noun,
a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.
- inpours
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- igneous
-
adjective,
Geology. produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.
- plosion
-
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).
- synergy
-
noun,
the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.; synergism.
- gunship
-
noun,
a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane armed with rapid-fire guns or cannons and used to provide close air support for troops in combat.
- roguish
-
adjective,
pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- gurneys
-
noun,
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- ploughs
-
noun,
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plunger
-
noun,
Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- plunges
-
noun,
act of plunging.
- heinous
-
adjective,
hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible:
- helping
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that helps.
- Helprin
-
noun,
Mark, born 1947, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- poleyns
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- glories
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- phonies
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- leprosy
-
noun,
a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- leprous
-
adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- onshore
-
adverb,
onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water:
- spooney
-
adjective,
spoony.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- loopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- sponger
-
noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- spoiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- splurge
-
verb (used without object),
to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one:
- splunge
-
- looneys
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- spleno-
-
- oolongs
-
noun,
a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.
- oospore
-
noun,
a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
- onerous
-
adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- spinule
-
noun,
a small spine.
- longish
-
adjective,
somewhat long.
- longies
-
noun,
long underwear, especially for winter use.
- sphero-
-
- operons
-
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.
- spheno-
-
- Logrono
-
noun,
a city in N Spain.
- logions
-
noun,
a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
- orioles
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- lysogen
-
noun,
a bacterial cell or strain that has been infected with a temperate virus, one that does not cause destruction of the cell.
- orogeny
-
noun,
the process of mountain making or upheaval.
- looping
-
noun,
the process of fitting speech to film already shot, especially by making a closed loop of the film for one scene and projecting it repeatedly until a good synchronization of film and recorded speech is achieved.
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- unloose
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- urology
-
noun,
the scientific, clinical, and especially surgical aspects of the study of the urine and the genitourinary tract in health and disease.
- lupines
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- neology
-
noun,
neologism.
- nephro-
-
- upsilon
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- lungyis
-
noun,
lungi.
- lungers
-
noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- unpiles
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- Lugones
-
noun,
Leopoldo [le-aw-pawl-daw] /ˌlɛ ɔˈpɔl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, Argentine poet and diplomat.
- eloigns
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- louring
-
adjective,
lowering.
- elusion
-
noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- sporule
-
noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- unhorse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
- English
-
noun,
the people of England collectively, especially as distinguished from the Scots, Welsh, and Irish.
- lounges
-
noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- surgeon
-
noun,
a physician who specializes in surgery.
- enology
-
noun,
oenology.
- lounger
-
noun,
a person or thing that lounges.
- nourish
-
verb (used with object),
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- superl.
-
- ologies
-
noun,
any science or branch of knowledge.
- Springy
-
adjective,
characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient:
- springe
-
noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- Orpheus
-
noun,
Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- euphony
-
noun,
agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words:
- pelorus
-
noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- phenyls
-
adjective,
containing the phenyl group.
- gyplure
-
noun,
a synthetic form of the sex pheromone of the female gypsy moth, used in traps to attract males.
- girl-os
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- lineups
-
noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- girosol
-
noun,
girasol.
- lingoes
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- phenols
-
noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- perigon
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- Slinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- ligures
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- lingers
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- syringe
-
noun,
a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- losing
-
noun,
losings, losses.
- loughs
-
noun,
a lake.
- Hunger
-
noun,
a compelling need or desire for food.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Lounge
-
noun,
a sofa for reclining, sometimes backless, having a headrest at one end.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- poorly
-
adverb,
in a poor manner or way:
- porous
-
adjective,
full of pores.
- hungry
-
adjective,
having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Hurley
-
noun,
the game of hurling.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- phones
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- Olonos
-
noun,
Erymanthus.
- ligno-
-
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- phoney
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- oligo-
-
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oleins
-
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.
- posole
-
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.
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- physo-
-
- phenol
-
noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- Hornie
-
noun,
Satan.
- Horney
-
noun,
Karen, 1885–1952, U.S. psychiatrist and author, born in Germany.
- lunges
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- lungyi
-
noun,
lungi.
- pheno-
-
- Hoples
-
noun,
a son of Ion.
- lungis
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lunger
-
noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- nephr-
-
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- phylo-
-
- lupine
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- philo-
-
- hoopoe
-
noun,
any Old World bird of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, of Europe, having an erectile, fanlike crest.
- neighs
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- lusher
-
noun,
lush2 (def 1).
- horol.
-
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- hosing
-
noun,
an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- housel
-
noun,
the Eucharist.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- hourly
-
adverb,
every hour; hour by hour.
- houris
-
noun,
one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- prying
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- neuro-
-
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Hosein
-
noun,
Hussein (def 1).
- phenyl
-
adjective,
containing the phenyl group.
- neurol
-
- phylon
-
noun,
a group that has a genetic relationship or common origin, as a race.
- Horsey
-
adjective,
horsy.
- phono-
-
- lyings
-
noun,
the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness:
Synonyms: falsehood, falsity, mendacity, prevarication.
Antonyms: truth, veracity.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- pyrone
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- orihon
-
noun,
a manuscript scroll having columns running across the width, folded in accordion fashion along the separating margins.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- logins
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- logion
-
noun,
a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
- isogon
-
noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Penghu
-
noun,
a group of small islands off the coast of SE China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Yo-Yos
-
noun,
a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- pleio-
-
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- isohel
-
noun,
a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- pleur-
-
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- longes
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- pinery
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pylons
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- linsey
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- ouphes
-
noun,
an elf or goblin.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pilous
-
adjective,
pilose.
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- Osorno
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pingos
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pignus
-
noun,
property held as security for a debt.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- youngs
-
noun,
those who have youth; young persons collectively:
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- lysine
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- igloos
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Ilheus
-
noun,
a seaport in E Brazil.
- oolong
-
noun,
a brown or amber tea grown in China and Taiwan and partially fermented before being dried.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- pogeys
-
noun,
Slang.. Also, pogy.
a package of food, candy, or other treats sent to a child at boarding school, a person in an institution, etc.
candy or a treat.
- phooey
-
interjection,
(an exclamation indicating rejection, contempt, or disgust):
- pogies
-
noun,
a porgy.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poleyn
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- oology
-
noun,
the branch of ornithology that studies birds' eggs.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- penury
-
noun,
extreme poverty; destitution.
- phonos
-
noun,
phonograph.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- irones
-
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.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- onrush
-
noun,
a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
- plushy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling plush.
- lineup
-
noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- longi-
-
- operon
-
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.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- pengos
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- longyi
-
noun,
lungi.
- plyers
-
noun,
plier.
- inrush
-
noun,
a rushing or pouring in.
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- inorg.
-
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- plunge
-
noun,
act of plunging.
- isopor
-
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.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Ingush
-
noun,
a member of a Sunni Muslim people living north of the Caucasus Mountains, closely related to the Chechen.
- phren.
-
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- Plough
-
noun,
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- looney
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Hooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- proleg
-
noun,
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
- hooeys
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- glyphs
-
noun,
a pictograph or hieroglyph.
- gopher
-
noun,
any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- Shiner
-
noun,
a person or thing that shines.
- gooney
-
noun,
Slang. goon (def 2a).
- shogun
-
noun,
the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- goyish
-
adjective,
being, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goy or goys:
- Shrine
-
noun,
a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- gluons
-
noun,
an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- singly
-
adverb,
apart from others; separately.
- synop.
-
- sypher
-
verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- gyrose
-
adjective,
marked with wavy lines.
- syphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- gyrons
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- sirupy
-
adjective,
syrupy.
- syrupy
-
adjective,
having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet:
- sleigh
-
noun,
a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- Sheryl
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Shirley.
- Goshen
-
noun,
a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus. Gen. 45:10.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- grouse
-
noun,
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- Ripley
-
noun,
George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- Gursel
-
noun,
Cemal [je-mahl] /dʒɛˈmɑl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Turkish army officer and statesman: president 1961–66.
- Gurney
-
noun,
a flat, padded table or stretcher with legs and wheels, for transporting patients or bodies.
- gunsel
-
noun,
a criminal armed with a gun.
- rosily
-
adverb,
with a rosy color.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- guiles
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- rouges
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- Guelph
-
noun,
a member of the political party in medieval Italy and Germany that supported the sovereignty of the papacy against the German emperors: opposed to the Ghibellines.
- gruels
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- roughy
-
noun,
a small marine fish, Arripis georgianus, of New Zealand and Australia.
- roughs
-
noun,
something that is rough, especially rough ground.
- groups
-
noun,
any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation:
- Gospel
-
noun,
the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation.
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groyne
-
noun,
groin (def 4).
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- grisly
-
adjective,
causing a shudder or feeling of horror; horrible; gruesome:
- rugose
-
adjective,
having wrinkles; wrinkled; ridged.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- gripey
-
adjective,
gripy.
- ruling
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- Seguin
-
noun,
a city in SE Texas.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- gipons
-
noun,
jupon.
- Slough
-
noun,
an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
- Gusher
-
noun,
a flowing oil well, usually of large capacity.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Sprung
-
noun,
a leap, jump, or bound.
- spurge
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia, having a milky juice and flowers with no petals or sepals.
- sulph-
-
- super-
-
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- surely
-
adverb,
firmly; unerringly; without missing, slipping, etc.
- enough
-
adverb,
in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
- unholy
-
adjective,
not holy; not sacred or hallowed.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- sporo-
-
- unpegs
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the pegs from.
- unpile
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- unrigs
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- unship
-
verb (used with object),
to put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- urino-
-
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- gynous
-
- sorgho
-
noun,
sorgo.
- snoopy
-
adjective,
characterized by meddlesome curiosity; prying.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- soling
-
noun,
pitching.
- Gilson
-
noun,
Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- solion
-
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.
- Gilroy
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- ghouls
-
noun,
an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- gerous
-
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- genous
-
- spoony
-
adjective,
foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- genius
-
noun,
an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.:
Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- sphery
-
adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- spinel
-
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.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spiro-
-
- splen-
-
- eulogy
-
noun,
a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- sponge
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- golosh
-
noun,
galosh.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- Hering
-
noun,
Ewald [ey-vahlt] /ˈeɪ vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1918, German physiologist and psychologist.
- Helios
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens; identified by the Romans with Sol.
- Rhines
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- holpen
-
verb,
a past participle of help.
- Hypnos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- henrys
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- hygro-
-
- hieron
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- hiero-
-
- hypso-
-
- holies
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- puling
-
adjective,
whining; whimpering:
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- purlin
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- Hoenir
-
noun,
a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- Heroin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- hogpen
-
noun,
pigpen (def 1).
- punish
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault:
- hoyles
-
noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- purges
-
noun,
the act or process of purging.
- purely
-
adverb,
in a pure manner; without admixture.
- repugn
-
verb (used with object),
to oppose or refute.
- helio-
-
- relish
-
noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- pusher
-
noun,
a person or thing that pushes.
- Honour
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- hypno-
-
- hinges
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- hyper-
-
- honeys
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- honors
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- rhino-
-
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- 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.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- ouphe
-
noun,
an elf or goblin.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- sooey
-
interjection,
(a shout used in calling pigs.)
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- OPers
-
- Prog.
-
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- 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:
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- 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.
- sophy
-
noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Pusey
-
noun,
Edward Bouverie [boo-vuh-ree] /ˈbu və ri/ (Show IPA), 1800–82, English clergyman.
- pursy
-
adjective,
short-winded, especially from corpulence or fatness.
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- orig.
-
- Pregl
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1869–1930, Austrian chemist: Nobel prize 1923.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- Pres.
-
- soony
-
adjective,
sentimental; emotional.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- sough
-
noun,
a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- Oreg.
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- soupy
-
adjective,
resembling soup in consistency:
- Orlon
-
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- purge
-
noun,
the act or process of purging.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Prus.
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nighs
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- neur-
-
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Pugin
-
noun,
Augustus Charles, 1762–1832, French architectural draftsman and archaeologist in England.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- unpeg
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the pegs from.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Negus
-
noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- Usher
-
noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- Nehru
-
noun,
Jawaharlal [juh-wah-her-lahl] /dʒəˈwɑ hər lɑl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Hindu political leader in India: first prime minister of the republic of India 1947–64 (father of Indira Gandhi).
- neigh
-
noun,
the cry of a horse; whinny.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- pros.
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- oleo-
-
- pungs
-
noun,
a sleigh with a boxlike body.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- olig-
-
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- ology
-
noun,
any science or branch of knowledge.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- 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-
-
- 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.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- surg.
-
- Pu-yi
-
noun,
Henry, 1906–67, as Hsüan T'ung, last emperor of China 1908–12; as K'ang Tê, puppet emperor of Manchukuo 1934–45.
- unhip
-
adjective,
ill-informed about or unsympathetic to current fads or trends.
- noso-
-
- uglis
-
- surly
-
adjective,
churlishly rude or bad-tempered:
Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- surgy
-
adjective,
billowy; surging or swelling.
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- 30-30
-
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- resp.
-
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- rushy
-
adjective,
abounding with rushes or their stems.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- poly-
-
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rhein
-
noun,
the Rhine.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- 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.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Pylos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- pylon
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- 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.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- 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.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- plio-
-
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- Pliny
-
noun,
("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- 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.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- 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).
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- plush
-
noun,
a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ⅛ inch (0.3 cm) high.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- plur.
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- pyro-
-
- rhin-
-
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- rhine
-
noun,
Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- roupy
-
adjective,
affected with the disease roup.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rough
-
noun,
something that is rough, especially rough ground.
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- pogey
-
noun,
Slang.. Also, pogy.
a package of food, candy, or other treats sent to a child at boarding school, a person in an institution, etc.
candy or a treat.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- shine
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- porgy
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- peri-
-
- syrup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- 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.
- 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.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Peron
-
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).
- relig
-
- Sino-
-
- Singh
-
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- reni-
-
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- pushy
-
adjective,
obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- porns
-
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):
- 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.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- 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).
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- Synge
-
noun,
John Millington [mil-ing-tuh n] /ˈmɪl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1871–1909, Irish dramatist.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- pron.
-
- shoon
-
noun,
plural of shoe.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- shoyu
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- phony
-
noun,
something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
- shogi
-
noun,
the Japanese version of chess.
- poohs
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- phore
-
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shiny
-
adjective,
bright or glossy in appearance.
- phon.
-
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sing.
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- Phil.
-
- phyl-
-
- phile
-
- phyle
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- sylph
-
noun,
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Signy
-
noun,
the daughter of Volsung and mother, by her brother, Sigmund, of Sinfjotli, with whose help she kills her husband (Siggeir) to avenge his murder of Volsung.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Sigyn
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. wife of Loki, who held a cup over Loki after his imprisonment in order to spare him the pain of the drops of poison with which he was punished.
- phyre
-
- phys.
-
- shrug
-
noun,
the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
- slung
-
noun,
a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Goyen
-
noun,
(Charles) William, 1915–83, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- lign-
-
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- greys
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- lying
-
noun,
the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness:
Synonyms: falsehood, falsity, mendacity, prevarication.
Antonyms: truth, veracity.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gripy
-
adjective,
resembling or causing gripes.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ling.
-
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Linyu
-
noun,
Pinyin. former name of Shanhaiguan.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Hung.
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- guiro
-
noun,
a South American musical instrument consisting of a hollow gourd with serrated surface that is scraped with a stick.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Guyon
-
noun,
Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Matte) 1648–1717, French writer.
- Guin.
-
- Leigh
-
noun,
Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- lenos
-
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.
- group
-
noun,
any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation:
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- lepsy
-
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- goosy
-
adjective,
like a goose; foolish or giddy.
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- gleys
-
noun,
a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- logo-
-
- Logos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Philosophy. the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.
- logue
-
- Glory
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- glops
-
noun,
unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
- glyph
-
noun,
a pictograph or hieroglyph.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- Longs
-
- gyrus
-
noun,
a convolution, especially of the brain.
- girsh
-
noun,
qirsh.
- gyros
-
noun,
gyrocompass.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- gluey
-
adjective,
like glue; viscid; sticky.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- gono-
-
- goops
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- goopy
-
adjective,
characteristic of goop; sticky, viscous.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- goony
-
noun,
Slang. goon (def 2a).
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- gooey
-
adjective,
like or covered with goo; sticky; viscid.
- gonys
-
noun,
the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- lipo-
-
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- lyso-
-
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gluon
-
noun,
an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- Legis
-
- gyro-
-
- hongs
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- hoops
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- ileo-
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- hooly
-
adverb,
cautiously; gently.
- hooey
-
noun,
silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk:
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- Honey
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- holo-
-
- insep
-
- insol
-
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- insp.
-
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- horny
-
adjective,
consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- yoghs
-
noun,
the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).
- hsien
-
noun,
(in popular Chinese religion) one of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
- hurly
-
noun,
commotion; hurly-burly.
- hurls
-
noun,
a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- Huron
-
noun,
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- Hugli
-
noun,
a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.
- Hugin
-
noun,
one of the two ravens of Odin that brought him news from the whole world.
- Hugel
-
noun,
Baron Friedrich von, 1852–1925, English theologian and writer.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- House
-
noun,
a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hours
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- houri
-
noun,
one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- igloo
-
noun,
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- hosp.
-
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- Horus
-
noun,
a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- yogis
-
noun,
a person who practices yoga.
- gulps
-
noun,
the act of gulping:
- herns
-
- herp.
-
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- 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.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- hier-
-
- Henry
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- Henri
-
noun,
Robert, 1865–1929, U.S. painter.
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- heli-
-
- gushy
-
adjective,
given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
- Yugo.
-
- yules
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- gursh
-
noun,
qirsh.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- hying
-
verb,
past participle of hie.
- yo-ho
-
interjection,
(used as a call or shout to attract attention, accompany effort, etc.)
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Yo-yo
-
noun,
a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- Hoyle
-
noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- Hogue
-
noun,
La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hypos
-
noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- youse
-
pronoun,
you (usually used in addressing two or more people).
- Hypo-
-
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- hinge
-
noun,
a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
- Hines
-
noun,
Earl ("Fatha") 1905–83, U.S. jazz pianist.
- Young
-
noun,
those who have youth; young persons collectively:
- hiney
-
noun,
heinie2 .
- yours
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- hylo-
-
- gyron
-
noun,
a subordinary having the form of a triangle, usually equal to half a quarter of the escutcheon, with its apex at the fess point.
- Gorey
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- engr.
-
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Luger
-
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- lungs
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Elihu
-
noun,
a young man who entered into discourse with Job. Job. 32–37.
- Epis.
-
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- gyno-
-
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Louhi
-
noun,
a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Lough
-
noun,
a lake.
- geol.
-
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Genl.
-
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Louys
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1870–1925, French poet and novelist.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- genus
-
noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- 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.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- ghoul
-
noun,
an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
- loony
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- gyres
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loopy
-
adjective,
full of loops.
- lushy
-
adjective,
lush1 .
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- girly
-
noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- Gypsy
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.
- Gipsy
-
noun,
Gypsy.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- eury-
-
- ergo-
-
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- lousy
-
Idioms,
lousy with, Slang. well supplied with or filled with, often to excess:
- Euro-
-
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- loury
-
adjective,
lowery.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- 1080
-
- purs
-
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ens.
-
- puny
-
adjective,
of less than normal size and strength; weak.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- eso-
-
- esp.
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- sugh
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sough2 .
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- epi-
-
- 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.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Eph.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Rep.
-
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Reg.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- hyp.
-
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- rel.
-
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- ergs
-
- eous
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- holy
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- pung
-
noun,
a sleigh with a boxlike body.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- urgy
-
- pre-
-
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- HRIP
-
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- Huey
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hugh.
- prin
-
- hour
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- pro-
-
- Hos.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Hugo
-
noun,
Victor (Marie, Viscount) [vik-ter muh-ree;; French veek-tawr ma-ree] /ˈvɪk tər məˈri;; French vikˈtɔr maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1802–85, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.
- huly
-
adverb,
cautiously; gently.
- USPO
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- uro-
-
- hugs
-
noun,
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
- 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):
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Hugi
-
noun,
a young man, a personification of thought, who defeated Thialfi in a race.
- HUGE
-
adjective,
extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- pugs
-
noun,
one of a breed of small, short-haired dogs having a tightly curled tail, a deeply wrinkled face, and a smooth coat that is black or silver and fawn with black markings.
- enl.
-
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- sur-
-
- hol-
-
- supr
-
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- Pugh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust, as at an offensive odor.)
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- hor.
-
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- uni-
-
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- Eng.
-
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- psig
-
- ugly
-
adjective,
very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- Hong
-
noun,
(in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.
- ugli
-
- prs.
-
- ughs
-
noun,
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- shoo
-
interjection,
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shog
-
noun,
a shake; jolt.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- gony
-
- Gyor
-
noun,
a city in NW Hungary.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gon-
-
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- golp
-
noun,
a roundel purpure.
- goys
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- shr.
-
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shul
-
noun,
a synagogue.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- sepn
-
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- gory
-
adjective,
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- gyne
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- SOHO
-
noun,
a district in London, England, including Soho Square: a predominantly foreign section since 1685; noted for its restaurants.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- gyny
-
- Goop
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- gyn-
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- gley
-
noun,
a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- Gish
-
noun,
Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- gyr-
-
- gyri
-
noun,
plural of gyrus.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Syr.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Glyn
-
noun,
Elinor, 1864–1943, English writer.
- glop
-
noun,
unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
- Sig.
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sigh
-
noun,
the act or sound of sighing.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- syn-
-
- 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.
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Gyps
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- 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.
- gulp
-
noun,
the act of gulping:
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Ryun
-
noun,
James Ronald ("Jim") born 1947, U.S. distance runner; congressman 1996–2007.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Guys
-
noun,
Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
- Gen.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- her.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Eur.
-
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- 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.
- gush
-
noun,
a sudden, copious outflow of a fluid.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- soln
-
- Soni
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Rush
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- gres
-
- 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.
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- gosh
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation or mild oath):
- 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:
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- geo-
-
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Ger.
-
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- gro.
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- huns
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Pen.
-
- luny
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Neph
-
- Pegu
-
noun,
a city in central Burma: pagodas.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- lin.
-
- per.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- oro-
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lys-
-
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lip-
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- 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.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- 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.
- 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:
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- phr.
-
- iso-
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- 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.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- lush
-
noun,
drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- yrs.
-
- Yule
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- leg.
-
- PERL
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Pers
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- neo-
-
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- 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.
- 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.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- log-
-
- Ire.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- 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.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- OGPU
-
noun,
(in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ohio
-
noun,
a state in the NE central United States: a part of the Midwest. 41,222 sq. mi. (106,765 sq. km). Capital: Columbus.
Abbreviation: OH (for use with zip code), O.
- nos-
-
- Nor.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- NYSE
-
- nigh
-
adverb,
near in space, time, or relation:
- 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.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- opsy
-
- 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.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- org.
-
- orgy
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- logy
-
adjective,
lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- oory
-
adjective,
ourie.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- 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.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- 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.
- ole-
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lory
-
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.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- oohs
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- 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.
- perh
-
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- 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.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- 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 = .
- ign.
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- 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.
- Pol.
-
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- 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.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pyo-
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- yogh
-
noun,
the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young) or a velar fricative, as in litliche (Modern English lightly).
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- plug
-
noun,
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- ins.
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Yogi
-
noun,
a person who practices yoga.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- ile-
-
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pogy
-
noun,
a porgy.
- Yolo
-
interjection,
You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
- POGO
-
noun,
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- pyr-
-
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- Neh.
-
- hurl
-
noun,
a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- 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.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- 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.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- yous
-
noun,
plural of you.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- ious
-
- LPG
-
- oo-
-
- il-
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- NYP
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ne-
-
- SLE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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.
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oon
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ung
-
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- OLG
-
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SLR
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- SLP
-
- gyp
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- SUG
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- NHL
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- ESL
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ing
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIH
-
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- PSE
-
- PSG
-
- ery
-
- ory
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PLR
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- POR
-
- ILO
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ILP
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ERP
-
- Hus
-
noun,
Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ILS
-
- gl.
-
- NHI
-
- in.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- LON
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- ine
-
- Sr.
-
- Une
-
- Ep.
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- hrs
-
- LPN
-
- Yeo
-
- HRE
-
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- NSU
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NUL
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GPU
-
- op.
-
- EPS
-
- NOP
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- NHG
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- gi.
-
- SPR
-
- GOP
-
- USO
-
- ugh
-
noun,
the sound of a cough, grunt, or the like.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ier
-
- Ges
-
- ESR
-
- IHS
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NHS
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- hug
-
noun,
a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.
- 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.
- IHP
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- LSI
-
- SNU
-
- OIr
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- USP
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- OEO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- yer
-
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- OGO
-
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- USN
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- io-
-
- OHG
-
- IGY
-
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- Ir.
-
- Eg.
-
- up-
-
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- PhL
-
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PIO
-
- UPI
-
- IOU
-
- ROP
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- IUS
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- Guy
-
noun,
Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- uns
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- pug
-
noun,
one of a breed of small, short-haired dogs having a tightly curled tail, a deeply wrinkled face, and a smooth coat that is black or silver and fawn with black markings.
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- RPG
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- lep
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RPS
-
- GSR
-
- ROI
-
- Yup
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- 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.
- ipr
-
- Isl
-
- ish
-
- IPO
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- ise
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- IRS
-
- IPS
-
- IRO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- IRL
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- iph
-
- ROG
-
- py-
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- ur-
-
- GUS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- ISR
-
- PHS
-
- ure
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- hr.
-
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Ehr
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- Re.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pl.
-
- OSP
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- UNO
-
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- sho
-
- 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.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- ose
-
- unp
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pg.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Pr.
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- prn
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- OSO
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ps.
-
- en-
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- INH
-
- Syl
-
- NES
-
- GNP
-
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- PLO
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Shu
-
noun,
the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- shp
-
- goy
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- USR
-
- pli
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Les
-
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- 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 = .
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- lg.
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- ior
-
- se-
-
- gre
-
- GPS
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- 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).
- hog
-
noun,
a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- 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.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- gph
-
- eo-
-
- LNG
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Gr.
-
- N.
-
- UL
-
- NH
-
- UI
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NG
-
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EI
-
- U.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NP
-
- ey
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- SU
-
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- 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.
- LH
-
- L.
-
- RO
-
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ry
-
- rg
-
- yr
-
- HG
-
- IP
-
- L2
-
- yl
-
- i.
-
- Y.
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- IG
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- NY
-
- PU
-
- RN
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- HL
-
- R.
-
- RH
-
- RI
-
- L1
-
- le
-
- NL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- GH
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- GU
-
- SN
-
- GP
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- G.
-
- LR
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ol
-
- GN
-
- RP
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- RU
-
- PH
-
- ly
-
- S.
-
- SG
-
- SL
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- ln
-
- NI
-