Anagrams of Palestrina
Word Palestrina has
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- palatines
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- psalteria
-
noun,
the omasum.
- perinatal
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adjective,
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- parietals
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- aspirate
-
noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- paternal
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adjective,
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- pantiles
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- salt-pan
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noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- platinas
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- aspirant
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noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- airplane
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noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- partisan
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noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- Stapelia
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- Pleasant
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adjective,
pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:
- septaria
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- Palatine
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- pilaster
-
noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- partials
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- parental
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noun,
Informal. one's parent (often preceded by the):
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- palestra
-
noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- prenatal
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adjective,
previous to birth or to giving birth:
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- triplane
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- parasite
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noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- pinatas
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noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- parians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- apteral
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- spatial
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adjective,
of or relating to space.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- planate
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adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- earlaps
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noun,
earflap.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- taipans
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noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- patinas
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noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- 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.
- patrial
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noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- 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.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- peasant
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noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- partans
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noun,
a crab.
- Tarpeia
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noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- tarpans
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noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- partial
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pastina
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noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- Plantae
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noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- plantar
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adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- transl.
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- anapest
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noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- transp.
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- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Trapani
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noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- Platina
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- palais
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noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- septi-
-
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- patri-
-
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- intra-
-
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- instr.
-
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splen-
-
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- plani-
-
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- plasia
-
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- trans.
-
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- 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.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- penta-
-
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- arsen-
-
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rept.
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- peri-
-
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- prae-
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- sanit
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- resp.
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- patr-
-
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- 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.
- nears
-
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- pret.
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- nitr-
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- para-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pant-
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plan-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- part.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- petr-
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- peta-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- pert.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- 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.
- pale-
-
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- reni-
-
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- plast
-
- plat.
-
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- petri
-
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- tears
-
- Arnel
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- ASEAN
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- step-
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Epist
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Epis.
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alti-
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- 30-30
-
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- 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.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aeri-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- treas
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tera-
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anal.
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anat.
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anti-
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- IATSE
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Iran.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- intr.
-
- Ital.
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- span-
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sepn
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Ste.
-
- Rep.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Sat.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tRNA
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- repl
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sra.
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tri-
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ter.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rel.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 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.
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- str.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rpt.
-
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- 1080
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Lani
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- lea.
-
- iana
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- IAEA
-
- IATA
-
- Ire.
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lip-
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ANPA
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Anas
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Alis
-
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Aire
-
- AARP
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- APSA
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- epit
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- ates
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- art.
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- par.
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- Pal.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- psia
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- pnea
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pil-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- 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.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- NTIA
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- per.
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Pen.
-
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- pts.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- ast
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- EPA
-
- ASR
-
- Ep.
-
- STP
-
- ASI
-
- at.
-
- ASN
-
- STL
-
- ATA
-
- ATP
-
- 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:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAL
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- eir
-
- ean
-
- EAA
-
- EIS
-
- ea.
-
- en-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ase
-
- Re.
-
- RPS
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEA
-
- TPI
-
- al.
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- AIA
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ae.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- AAE
-
- AAP
-
- Aar
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TPN
-
- tlr
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- EPS
-
- Apl
-
- PLA
-
- APS
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- REA
-
- pl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- pli
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PSE
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- PSA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- PRA
-
- PLR
-
- TIA
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EPT
-
- rt.
-
- nr.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SAA
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sp.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- RTS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- SAE
-
- SLE
-
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Pa.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RSA
-
- RNA
-
- NSA
-
- SLA
-
- NRA
-
- Rs.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Npt
-
- prn
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- se-
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- NAA
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- NEA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ne-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- LPN
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NPR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- 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).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NES
-
- 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.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Pr.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Ps.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IPA
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- IAS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- IPS
-
- ESL
-
- STI
-
- 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.
- ERP
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- ial
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ipr
-
- SPR
-
- 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.
- Isl
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- pt.
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NP
-
- t.
-
- i.
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
-
- EI
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SN
-
- T1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
-
- R.
-
- TL
-
- NL
-
- TN
-
- TP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IP
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
-
- RP
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-
- L.
-
- S.
-
- RI
-
- ln
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SL
-