Anagrams of non-prosequitur
Word non-prosequitur has
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- runners-up
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noun,
the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- portioners
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- protrusion
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noun,
the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- resorption
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noun,
the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- runner-up
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noun,
the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- penurious
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adjective,
extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- Perotinus
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noun,
("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- Petronius
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
- outrunner
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noun,
a person or thing that runs ahead or outside.
- neuristor
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noun,
a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- Pretorius
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noun,
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- retrusion
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noun,
the act of moving a tooth backward.
- eruptions
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- posterior
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noun,
the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.
- portioner
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- turquoise
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noun,
Also, turquois. an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish-blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem.
Compare bone turquoise.
- quinones
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline, cyclic unsaturated diketone, C 6 H 4 O 2 , formed by oxidizing aniline or hydroquinone: used chiefly in photography and in tanning leather.
- Quintero
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noun,
Álvarez Quintero.
- surprint
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noun,
something surprinted.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- 11-point
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- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- unperson
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noun,
a public figure, especially in a totalitarian country, who, for political or ideological reasons, is not recognized or mentioned in government publications or records or in the news media.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- unprison
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verb (used with object),
to release from prison.
- unquiets
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noun,
a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.:
- unquotes
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verb (used without object),
to close a quotation (often used with the word quote, which notes the opening of the quotation):
- question
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noun,
a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- Tourneur
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noun,
Cyril, 1575?–1626, English dramatist.
- non-pros
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verb (used with object),
to adjudge (a plaintiff) in default.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- Superior
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noun,
one superior to another.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- nitroso-
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- tournois
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adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- protero-
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- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pruinose
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adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- prurient
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adjective,
having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pruritus
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noun,
itching.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- nurtures
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noun,
rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- troupers
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- neutrons
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- quipster
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noun,
a person who frequently makes quips.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- outpours
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noun,
outpouring.
- sit-upon
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noun,
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ruptures
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noun,
the act of breaking or bursting:
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- punnets
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noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- trouser
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noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- punners
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noun,
a person who puns; punster.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- punties
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noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- tropous
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- striper
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noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- pterous
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- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- neuston
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noun,
the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that float or swim in the surface film of a body of water.
- stunner
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noun,
a person or thing that stuns.
- ruinous
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adjective,
bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous:
- punster
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noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- trouper
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- upturns
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noun,
chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Quentin
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noun,
a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “fifth.”.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- Ironton
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noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- irrupts
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verb (used without object),
to break or burst in suddenly.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sterno-
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- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- neutron
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noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pursuit
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noun,
the act of pursuing:
- tunnies
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noun,
tuna1 .
- pursuer
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noun,
a person or thing that pursues.
- tune-up
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noun,
an adjustment, as of a motor, to improve working order or condition:
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- Torreon
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noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- purines
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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.
- neutro-
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- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- nonstop
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noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- nonsuit
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noun,
a judgment given against a plaintiff who neglects to prosecute, or who fails to show a legal cause of action or to bring sufficient evidence.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- nonuser
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noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- outpour
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noun,
outpouring.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Sunnite
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noun,
Sunni (def 1).
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- nonpros
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- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- urinous
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- querist
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noun,
a person who inquires or questions.
- nurture
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noun,
rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like.
- pension
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- run-out
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noun,
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- rupture
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noun,
the act of breaking or bursting:
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- outruns
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verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- pronoun
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noun,
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- stirrup
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noun,
a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- torques
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noun,
a ringlike band or formation about the neck, as of feathers, hair, or integument of distinctive color or appearance; a collar.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- tenuous
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adjective,
thin or slender in form, as a thread.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- intens.
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- euripus
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noun,
a strait, especially one in which the flow of water is violent.
- insurer
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noun,
a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- returns
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noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- tenpins
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- soutenu
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adjective,
performed in a carefully sustained manner.
- unquote
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verb (used without object),
to close a quotation (often used with the word quote, which notes the opening of the quotation):
- inquest
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noun,
a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
- untunes
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verb (used with object),
to render or cause to become out of tune:
- unquiet
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noun,
a state of agitation, turbulence, disturbance, etc.:
- inpours
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- uproots
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verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- roquets
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noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- opsonin
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noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- uniques
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noun,
the embodiment of unique characteristics; the only specimen of a given kind:
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- turnups
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noun,
something that is turned up or that turns up.
- quinone
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline, cyclic unsaturated diketone, C 6 H 4 O 2 , formed by oxidizing aniline or hydroquinone: used chiefly in photography and in tanning leather.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- Turners
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noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- routers
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- torpors
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- ionones
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- quintes
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noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- uprouse
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verb (used with object),
to rouse up; arouse; awake.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- piteous
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adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- inturns
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noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- unspent
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adjective,
not spent or used, as money.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- piquets
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noun,
a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
- questor
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noun,
quaestor.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- quietus
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noun,
a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles:
- Superi
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plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- outrun
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verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Perron
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- super-
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- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- porous
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adjective,
full of pores.
- pennis
-
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- tennis
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noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- tenpin
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- piques
-
noun,
a feeling of irritation or resentment, as from a wound to pride or self-esteem:
- piquet
-
noun,
a card game played by two persons with a pack of 32 cards, the cards from deuces to sixes being excluded.
- tenons
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noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- suture
-
noun,
Surgery.
a joining of the lips or edges of a wound or the like by stitching or some similar process.
a particular method of doing this.
one of the stitches or fastenings employed.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- 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.”.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Poitou
-
noun,
a region and former province in W France.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- Pequot
-
noun,
a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- quints
-
noun,
an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- 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.
- sporo-
-
- roques
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spiro-
-
- risque
-
adjective,
daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color:
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- retro-
-
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- reruns
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- roquet
-
noun,
an act or instance of roqueting.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sequin
-
noun,
a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- septi-
-
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- runout
-
noun,
Machinery.
the gradual termination of a groove on the body of an object not ending there, as the upper termination of a flute in a twist drill.
Also called back clearance. a space in a depressed area of an object into which a machine tool or grinding wheel may safely enter at the end of a pass or operation.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- runner
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- 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.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proto-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- quinte
-
noun,
the fifth of eight defensive positions.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- squint
-
noun,
an act or instance of squinting.
- Squire
-
noun,
(in England) a country gentleman, especially the chief landed proprietor in a district.
- quotes
-
noun,
a quotation.
- squirt
-
noun,
the act of squirting.
- quoits
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- quoins
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- quirts
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- quires
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quint-
-
- punner
-
noun,
a person who puns; punster.
- quino-
-
- quiets
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- querns
-
noun,
a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
- steno-
-
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- pursue
-
verb (used with object),
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purser
-
noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- 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.
- punnet
-
noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- unpins
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- unpens
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- nurser
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- untune
-
verb (used with object),
to render or cause to become out of tune:
- untrue
-
adjective,
not true, as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- unsure
-
adjective,
not certain or confident:
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- torque
-
noun,
Mechanics. something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- inter.
-
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- unique
-
noun,
the embodiment of unique characteristics; the only specimen of a given kind:
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- turnup
-
noun,
something that is turned up or that turns up.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neuro-
-
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- tropo-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- 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.
- irrupt
-
verb (used without object),
to break or burst in suddenly.
- tuques
-
noun,
a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intro.
-
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- inurns
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- 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.
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- osteo-
-
- uterus
-
noun,
the enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.
- utero-
-
- urino-
-
- equips
-
verb (used with object),
to furnish or provide with whatever is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- upturn
-
noun,
chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.
- U-turn
-
noun,
a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- usurer
-
noun,
a person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate; moneylender.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- eroto-
-
- toques
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- 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.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- quoin
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- quoit
-
noun,
quoits, (used with a singular verb) a game in which rings of rope or flattened metal are thrown at an upright peg, the object being to encircle it or come as close to it as possible.
- intr.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- 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.
- quot.
-
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- quote
-
noun,
a quotation.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- tuque
-
noun,
a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- reni-
-
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- ento-
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- 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.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- quits
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- Quito
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ecuador, in the N part. 9348 feet (2849 meters) above sea level.
- sero-
-
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- usurp
-
verb (used with object),
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:
- quin-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- step-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- quiet
-
noun,
freedom from noise, unwanted sound, etc.:
- Sino-
-
- seti-
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- quest
-
noun,
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
- ques.
-
- 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.
- Sept.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- quite
-
adverb,
completely, wholly, or entirely:
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- quern
-
noun,
a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
- 30-30
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- quirt
-
noun,
a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather.
- sito-
-
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- 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.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- quire
-
noun,
a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quipu
-
noun,
a device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians for recording events, keeping accounts, etc.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- quips
-
noun,
a clever or witty remark or comment.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Unit.
-
- 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.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- 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.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- 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.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Roque
-
noun,
a form of croquet played on a clay or hard-surface court surrounded by a low wall off which the balls may be played.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- 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.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- spor-
-
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- rept.
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- unpen
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- insep
-
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- insp.
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- inst.
-
- erron
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Eurus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the east wind.
- equip
-
verb (used with object),
to furnish or provide with whatever is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army:
- equi-
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- restr
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- unpin
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- resp.
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Purus
-
noun,
a river in NW central South America, flowing NE from E Peru through W Brazil to the Amazon. 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Penn.
-
- nuque
-
noun,
the back of the neck.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- poet.
-
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- onto-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- Supt.
-
- teno-
-
- Port.
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- sunup
-
noun,
sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- noso-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- 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):
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- tious
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Tenn.
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- 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.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- topo-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- 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.
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- peri-
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terr.
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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).
- pert.
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- opto-
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- pique
-
noun,
a feeling of irritation or resentment, as from a wound to pride or self-esteem:
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- 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.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- OPers
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- toque
-
noun,
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- trop-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Prot.
-
- post-
-
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- nitr-
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- tono-
-
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- neur-
-
- neut.
-
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- oste-
-
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Prus.
-
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- 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.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Pres.
-
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- pret.
-
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- purrs
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- USPO
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tion
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- top-
-
- uro-
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- Uru.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- 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.
- supr
-
- tri-
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- SPQR
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tron
-
- sur-
-
- Ste.
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- uni-
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Tues
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 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.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Soni
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- uret
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ter.
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- ten.
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tonn
-
- 1080
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- purs
-
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- oto-
-
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- int.
-
- pts.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- 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 = .
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- 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.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Esq.
-
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- quos
-
- est.
-
- 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).
- quor
-
- quit
-
noun,
any of various small tropical birds.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- quip
-
noun,
a clever or witty remark or comment.
- Que.
-
- oro-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- qto.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Eur.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Ire.
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pet.
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 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.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- out-
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- 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.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- prs.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- pro-
-
- prin
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pot.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- pos.
-
- 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):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ious
-
- 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.
- eso-
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Pers
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- Ont.
-
- eous
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- non-
-
- rpt.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- 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.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Rus.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- sepn
-
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- not-
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- per.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- OPer
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- req.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- repr
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- eqpt
-
- rit.
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- Tu.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- TSI
-
- NNE
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- NOP
-
- Tro
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NNP
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- TSE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- trp
-
- ne-
-
- tue
-
- ior
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- EPT
-
- Ep.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- EPS
-
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- UPU
-
- eq.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- UPI
-
- up-
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ESR
-
- EIS
-
- Utu
-
noun,
the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- uti
-
- eo-
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- eir
-
- usu
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- USR
-
- en-
-
- USP
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ERT
-
- ESU
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- ise
-
- Une
-
- ISR
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUS
-
- UIT
-
- IOU
-
- ETO
-
- ier
-
- uns
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- in.
-
- IOT
-
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- unp
-
- UNO
-
- 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 = .
- TPI
-
- 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.
- TPN
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NPR
-
- St.
-
- STI
-
- QRP
-
- qrs
-
plural,
farthing.
- QSO
-
- qtr
-
- qu.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- QNP
-
- Sr.
-
- Re.
-
- Sq.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- spt
-
- qr.
-
plural,
farthing.
- QIS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PSE
-
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- POR
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- 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.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- qt.
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- 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.
- STP
-
- 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.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- SPR
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- seq
-
- 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).
- SNU
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- RNR
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- RPO
-
- RTS
-
- RPQ
-
- Rs.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- UUT
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- oon
-
- Pr.
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- oo-
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- 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.
- OOT
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- NSU
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- nr.
-
- 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.
- PTO
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Npt
-
- op.
-
- pt.
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- PIO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- SN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- S.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RU
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RQ
-
- RP
-
- NP
-
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IP
-
- U.
-
- UI
-
- TP
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- PU
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- Q.
-
- QE
-
- NI
-
- QN
-
- QP
-
- RO
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- t.
-
- RN
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- R.
-
- IQ
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TN
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PQ
-
- i.
-
- SU
-