Anagrams of optometrists
Word optometrists has
896 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of optometrists.
- optometrist
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noun,
a licensed professional who practices optometry.
- totemists
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noun,
a member of a clan, family, or group distinguished by a totem.
- troostite
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noun,
a microconstituent of hardened and tempered steel, consisting of a very fine aggregate of ferrite and cementite.
- promotes
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verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- trisomes
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- mortises
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- tipsters
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- promises
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- spitters
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- protests
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- Esposito
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noun,
Phil(ip Anthony) born 1942, Canadian ice-hockey player, in the U.S. since 1962.
- posttest
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noun,
an achievement test administered after a course of instruction.
- semipros
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- protists
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noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- tortoise
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noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- impostor
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noun,
a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- totemist
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noun,
a member of a clan, family, or group distinguished by a totem.
- motorist
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noun,
a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
- imprests
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- temporo-
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- strettos
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noun,
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
- tropisms
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noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- ostomies
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noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- strepto-
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- Rossetti
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noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- Tootsie
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noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- protist
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noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- titters
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noun,
a tittering laugh.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- 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.
- tomtits
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noun,
a titmouse.
- metrist
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- topmost
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adjective,
highest; uppermost.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- spitter
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- simpers
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- 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.
- isomers
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- spotter
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noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- tosspot
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noun,
a tippler; drunkard.
- spermo-
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- protest
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- mottoes
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noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- potties
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noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- mostest
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adjective, noun,
most.
- stretto
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noun,
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
- somites
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- misstep
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noun,
a wrong step.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- promise
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noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- promote
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verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- optimes
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- misters
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- totters
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noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- imposes
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- semipro
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adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- risotto
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noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- imports
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- tropism
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noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- trompes
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- trisome
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noun,
a trisomic individual.
- impers.
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- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impress
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noun,
the act of impressing.
- imposts
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noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- seismo-
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- tempos
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Potosi
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noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- roosts
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- tempts
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verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- tromps
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verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- rottes
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noun,
rote2 .
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- testis
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noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- posits
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- stript
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noun,
a striptease.
- trompe
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Tromso
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noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- proto-
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- mottos
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noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- tiptoe
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noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- primos
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noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- morose
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adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- tripes
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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.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- eroto-
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- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- totems
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noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- triste
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adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- roomie
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noun,
roommate.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- motets
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noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- motors
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noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- Potter
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noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- mottes
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noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- pottos
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noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- storms
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noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- pistes
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- tropes
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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.
- sperms
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noun,
semen.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiro-
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- sprits
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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.
- tropo-
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- osteo-
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- spirts
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noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sports
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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.
- sporo-
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- spites
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
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- spoors
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noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- T-stop
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noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- sperm-
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- stimes
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- stomps
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noun,
stamp (def 14).
- proems
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- sopors
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noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- troops
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noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Stoops
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noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- osmose
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noun,
osmosis.
- optime
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- stirps
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noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- stipos
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noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- stipes
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noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- totter
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noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- isomer
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- impose
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Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- titter
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noun,
a tittering laugh.
- torses
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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.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- me-too
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adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- misers
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- imper.
-
- estops
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- ptosis
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noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- simper
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- tmesis
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noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- metro-
-
- septi-
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- Somers
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- import
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- smites
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- tomtit
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noun,
a titmouse.
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- ptero-
-
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Tissot
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noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- Merops
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- impost
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noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- promos
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noun,
promotion (def 5).
- remiss
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adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- torsos
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noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- romeos
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noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- set-to
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noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- tortes
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noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- poise
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- pomes
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noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- so-so
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adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- simps
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noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- sorts
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- poet.
-
- remit
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- prom.
-
- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- setts
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noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- riots
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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.
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- petri
-
- Rosse
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noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rimes
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noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- spits
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noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- seti-
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Piers
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noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- spirt
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noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- resp.
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spies
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- ropes
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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.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- rept.
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rotte
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noun,
rote2 .
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- prem.
-
- Pres.
-
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- pret.
-
- pros.
-
- semi-
-
- prim.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Prot.
-
- soots
-
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.
- Pomos
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Port.
-
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- sito-
-
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- Sept.
-
- post-
-
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- sero-
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Miss.
-
- miso-
-
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- meso-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Epist
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Epis.
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- trop-
-
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- 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.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 30-30
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- mero-
-
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toti-
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- 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.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- osmo-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- stome
-
- opto-
-
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- opsis
-
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- OPers
-
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- ster.
-
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- 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.
- spoom
-
noun,
a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- pert.
-
- spor-
-
- 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.
- step-
-
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- motto
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- term.
-
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temp.
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- MPers
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- MOTOS
-
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- 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.
- seps
-
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.
- tri-
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Ste.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- trit
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ter.
-
- rpt.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Sem.
-
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- sers
-
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).
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- top-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- SMTP
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- str.
-
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- Tit.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 1080
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Pers
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- per.
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- iso-
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- met.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pet.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Ire.
-
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- oto-
-
- osis
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOpt
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- MSTS
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- MSPE
-
- MSIE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- MIPS
-
- OPer
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- mis-
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- pos.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rit.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Emp.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- 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.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rom.
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- ESIS
-
- 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.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- prs.
-
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pts.
-
- pro-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- esp.
-
- Imp.
-
- pot.
-
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- EMT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- TSS
-
- IPM
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- IPO
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Ep.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- io-
-
- MIT
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- EMR
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- ier
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- eo-
-
- MOR
-
- 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.
- EOM
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- TPI
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ior
-
- ipr
-
- TPM
-
- Tro
-
- Me.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ETO
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Mo.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IRS
-
- ESR
-
- ERT
-
- ite
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- MEP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TMO
-
- MIP
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- IPS
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- EPS
-
- Tpr
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MPE
-
- EPT
-
- MIE
-
- ETR
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- tr.
-
- IRO
-
- ETS
-
- ERP
-
- Ir.
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- PTT
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSS
-
- SMS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- POR
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PMT
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PIO
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- 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.
- PTO
-
- MRE
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- SPR
-
- Re.
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ROP
-
- RPM
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- ROI
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- 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).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- pm.
-
- pt.
-
- TTS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- STM
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- MSE
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- OPM
-
- MSI
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- MST
-
- OOT
-
- 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.
- oo-
-
- Om.
-
- MRP
-
- STP
-
- OIt
-
- Mt.
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- OEM
-
- op.
-
- MTI
-
- MTS
-
- MTP
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ose
-
- SSR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SPS
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MRI
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSE
-
- OSO
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SST
-
- STI
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- St.
-
- MTO
-
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- S.
-
- SM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TT
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- T1
-
- i.
-
- M.
-
- 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.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- MP
-
- 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.
- IP
-
- TP
-
- R.
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- TM
-