Anagrams of Palmerston
Word Palmerston has
1574 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of Palmerston.
- temporals
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- patrolmen
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noun,
a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- spermato-
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- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- mestranol
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noun,
an estrogen, C 21 H 26 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- almoners
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- temporal
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- personal
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noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- psoralen
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noun,
a toxic substance, C 11 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- polentas
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- marplots
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noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- plastron
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- neoplasm
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noun,
a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- pleonasm
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noun,
the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- marplot
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noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Palermo
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- 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.
- astrol.
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- Templar
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- arseno-
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- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- maltose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- transl.
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- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- loments
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Postman
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noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- planter
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noun,
a person who plants.
- plasmo-
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- plaster
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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.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- spleno-
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- postmen
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noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- espanol
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noun,
the Spanish language.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- tampons
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noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- pteroma
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noun,
pteron.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- spermo-
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- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Perlman
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noun,
Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- 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.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- leproma
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noun,
the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- Lepanto
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noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- petrol.
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- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- Petsamo
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noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- Maspero
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noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- transp.
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- normals
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adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- antero-
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- meltons
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- stearo-
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- morales
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- merlons
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- merlots
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Ampelos
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noun,
a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.
- melano-
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- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- sterno-
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- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- trompes
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- 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.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- nemato-
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- mortals
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noun,
a human being.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Lemnos
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noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- molars
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noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Moneta
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noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- smalto
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noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- lepto-
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- molest
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verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- petro-
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- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Lepton
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- planer
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- morsel
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noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- morels
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noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- Naples
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noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- tamper
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- planet
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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.
- plano-
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- Plante
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- normal
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noun,
the average or mean:
- nopals
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noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- platen
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noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plants
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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.
- plasm-
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- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- morals
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noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- stroma
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noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- omenta
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noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- panto-
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- parols
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noun,
something stated or declared.
- mensal
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adjective,
monthly.
- Malone
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noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- mantel
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noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Mantle
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noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- pantos
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noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- panels
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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.
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- paeons
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noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- masto-
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- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- paleo-
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- paleon
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- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Marlon
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noun,
a male given name.
- Palmer
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- staple
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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.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- melan-
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- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- parton
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- lorans
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noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- tepals
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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.
- penta-
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- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tarso-
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- metros
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noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- metro-
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- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- metal.
-
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- patron
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noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- tempos
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- merlon
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- steno-
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- nemat-
-
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- 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.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- arsen-
-
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trans.
-
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- somat-
-
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ptero-
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- sperm-
-
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- aeron.
-
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- sapro-
-
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- anemo-
-
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- 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.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- AmerSp
-
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- splen-
-
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- stome
-
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- pros.
-
- pleo-
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- plat.
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prae-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- step-
-
- OPers
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- ster.
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- post-
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- nears
-
- sero-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- poet.
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Sept.
-
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Port.
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- plast
-
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- span-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- 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.
- pron.
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- 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.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- part.
-
- patr-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- peta-
-
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- 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.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 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.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Pres.
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pale-
-
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Srta.
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- 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.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- prem.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- oste-
-
- pert.
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- plan-
-
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- 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.
- pant-
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- 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.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- rept.
-
- resp.
-
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pret.
-
- 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.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- spor-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- tears
-
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- male-
-
- 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.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Arnel
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- temp.
-
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- teno-
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- astr.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- mero-
-
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- treas
-
- areo-
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- matr-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- mast-
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- atmo-
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- 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.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- 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:
- ento-
-
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- 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.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- tera-
-
- term.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- meso-
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- MPers
-
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Mont.
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- aero-
-
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Metol
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- meta-
-
- metr-
-
- trop-
-
- MSEnt
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alto-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- 30-30
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- ante-
-
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ELAS
-
- SMTP
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- 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.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- pts.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- prs.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Sem.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- pre-
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- pot.
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- est.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- sepn
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Emp.
-
- tron
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- top-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- aet.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- aer-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ant.
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Arm.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- RNAS
-
- Sol.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ano-
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- amt.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Rom.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Apr.
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- soln
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rpt.
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- apo-
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tRNA
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- atm.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- AMLS
-
- alt.
-
- Sat.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- 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.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ASTM
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- repl
-
- amp.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Rep.
-
- art.
-
- Sam.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ASME
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- rel.
-
- Saml
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- OPer
-
- met.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Ont.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- MNAS
-
- Tasm
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MEPA
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Pan.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- pam.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pos.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Ste.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- men-
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ment
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mol.
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- neo-
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- mRNA
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSAE
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- MSPE
-
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- 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.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- str.
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- MOpt
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pal.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Mar.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Pers
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- ter.
-
- PERL
-
- Lat.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Lam.
-
- 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).
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- pnea
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- per.
-
- 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.
- 1080
-
- mal-
-
- Man.
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- MALS
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Sra.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- SRAM
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- 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.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- 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.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Pen.
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tel-
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- St.
-
- TSE
-
- TSP
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- trp
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Sta
-
- STM
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- spt
-
- TPM
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- STL
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Sr.
-
- STP
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- 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.
- tlo
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- tlr
-
- Tro
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAL
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SPR
-
- TMO
-
- rte
-
- SMA
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Mao
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- LPN
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- lpm
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LON
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LMT
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MTS
-
- MTP
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- Mt.
-
- SLR
-
- MSN
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRP
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- MPE
-
- MEP
-
- MPA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MOR
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- aor
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- 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.
- APS
-
- Apl
-
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMS
-
- AME
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ALM
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- ap-
-
- Am.
-
- ATP
-
- eo-
-
- Lt.
-
- Ep.
-
- La.
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- EPA
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOM
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- MST
-
- ne-
-
- PRA
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- POR
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- PMT
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- PLA
-
- NEA
-
- pl.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- REA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- prn
-
- SRO
-
- SLP
-
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- 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.
- RPM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROP
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RPO
-
- So.
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- 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.
- RTS
-
- Ps.
-
- 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.
- Ola
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- OSA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- OPM
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- ons
-
- NPR
-
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Npt
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Om.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NSA
-
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- op.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ote
-
- NES
-
- Pa.
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- pm.
-
- OTS
-
- OSP
-
- Pr.
-
- ose
-
- NMR
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- O.
-
- 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.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NP
-
- S.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SA
-
- SL
-
- SM
-
- N.
-
- AO
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- SN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ln
-
- OA
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TL
-
- le
-
- TM
-
- LR
-
- TN
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L.
-
- M.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RP
-
- MP
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LM
-
- ol
-
- MN
-
- TP
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.