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- gingersnaps
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noun,
a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- noegenesis
-
noun,
the production of new knowledge from sensory or intellectual experience.
- neogenesis
-
noun,
the regeneration of tissue.
- organ-pipe
-
noun,
one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
- pangenesis
-
noun,
the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.
- reasonings
-
noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- Spenserian
-
noun,
an imitator of Spenser.
- espionages
-
noun,
the act or practice of spying.
- gingersnap
-
noun,
a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- preengages
-
verb (used with or without object),
to engage beforehand.
- pigeon-pea
-
noun,
a tropical shrub, Cajanus cajan, having showy yellow flowers.
- aggression
-
noun,
the action of a state in violating by force the rights of another state, particularly its territorial rights; an unprovoked offensive, attack, invasion, or the like:
- pepsinogen
-
noun,
crystals, occurring in the gastric glands, that during digestion are converted into pepsin.
- engrossing
-
adjective,
fully occupying the mind or attention; absorbing:
- press-gang
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noun,
a body of persons under the command of an officer, formerly employed to impress others for service, especially in the navy or army.
- persiennes
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) Persian blinds.
- pensioners
-
noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- progenies
-
noun,
a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
- Nipponese
-
noun,
Japanese.
- espionage
-
noun,
the act or practice of spying.
- Perpignan
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales, in the S extremity of France.
- neoprenes
-
noun,
an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- isoprenes
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- passerine
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adjective,
of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- peperonis
-
noun,
pepperoni.
- greenings
-
noun,
any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.
- Singapore
-
noun,
an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- sap-green
-
noun,
a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- Ping-Pong
-
verb (used with object),
to move back and forth or transfer rapidly from one locale, job, etc., to another; switch:
- passenger
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noun,
a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
- reasoning
-
noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- pensioner
-
noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- seasoning
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noun,
salt or an herb, spice, or the like, for heightening or improving the flavor of food.
- gasogenes
-
noun,
gazogene.
- personage
-
noun,
a person of distinction or importance.
- preengage
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verb (used with or without object),
to engage beforehand.
- aspersion
-
noun,
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander:
- nose-ring
-
noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- gangrenes
-
noun,
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- greenness
-
noun,
the quality or state of being green.
- egression
-
noun,
a going out; egress.
- sea-green
-
noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- georgians
-
noun,
a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
- soarings
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- seepages
-
noun,
the act or process of seeping; leakage.
- greisens
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- apprises
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verb (used with object),
to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of):
- raspings
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noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- Spearing
-
noun,
an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
- pinesaps
-
noun,
either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- gasogene
-
noun,
gazogene.
- parsnips
-
noun,
a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
- signages
-
- poperies
-
noun,
the Roman Catholic Church, especially its doctrines, ceremonies, and system of government.
- epigones
-
noun,
an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
- peperoni
-
noun,
pepperoni.
- gearings
-
noun,
an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
- propanes
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- Sorensen
-
noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- seringas
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- Georgina
-
noun,
a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- Georgian
-
noun,
a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
- Asperges
-
noun,
the rite of sprinkling the altar, clergy, and people with holy water before High Mass.
- propines
-
noun,
a present; gift.
- Asnieres
-
noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- propense
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adjective,
having a tendency toward; prone; inclined.
- Georgann
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noun,
a female given name.
- propenes
-
noun,
propylene (def 2).
- ginsengs
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Panax, especially P. pseudoginseng, of eastern Asia, or P. qinquefolius, of North America, having an aromatic root used medicinally.
- peonages
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noun,
the condition or service of a peon.
- gensengs
-
noun,
ginseng.
- greening
-
noun,
any variety of apple whose skin is green when ripe.
- pioneers
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- genoises
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- goneness
-
noun,
a sinking sensation; exhaustion or faintness.
- genipaps
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Genipa americana, of the madder family, bearing an edible fruit used for preserves or in making beverages.
- arpeggio
-
noun,
the sounding of the notes of a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously.
- peerages
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noun,
the body of peers of a country or state.
- earnings
-
noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- epispore
-
noun,
the principal outer covering of a spore.
- sensoria
-
noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- grannies
-
noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- grasping
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noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- argosies
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noun,
a large merchant ship, especially one with a rich cargo.
- pargings
-
noun,
a thin coat of plaster or mortar for giving a relatively smooth surface to rough masonry or for sealing it against moisture.
- insnares
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- pensions
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- pressing
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noun,
any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.
- perigons
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- sniggers
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
snicker.
- spongers
-
noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- spongins
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noun,
a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- singsong
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noun,
verse, or a piece of verse, that is monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch.
- ensnares
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- aginners
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noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- neoprene
-
noun,
an oil-resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes.
- persians
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- eserines
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- agenesis
-
noun,
absence of or failed development of a body part.
- saponins
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- personas
-
noun,
a person.
- prepense
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adjective,
planned or intended in advance; premeditated.
- response
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- Responsa
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noun,
the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- epergnes
-
noun,
an ornamental piece for the center of a table, for holding fruit, flowers, etc.
- open-air
-
noun,
the outdoors.
- resignee
-
noun,
a person who has resigned or is about to resign.
- erasions
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- springes
-
noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- presages
-
noun,
a presentiment or foreboding.
- naperies
-
noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- Praesepe
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noun,
an open star cluster in the center of the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye.
- assignee
-
noun,
a person to whom some right or interest is transferred, either for his or her own enjoyment or in trust.
- engorges
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verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- seagoing
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noun,
the activity of a person who travels by sea.
- panniers
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- saprogen
-
noun,
a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- gangrene
-
noun,
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- isagoges
-
noun,
an introduction, especially a scholarly introduction to a field of study or research.
- anergies
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- signoras
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- perigees
-
noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
- energies
-
noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- Spingarn
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noun,
Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- engrains
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verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- engineer
-
noun,
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering:
- sippers
-
noun,
a person who sips.
- Persson
-
noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- peonage
-
noun,
the condition or service of a peon.
- signees
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- signers
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- Georges
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- Georgia
-
noun,
a state in the SE United States. 58,876 sq. mi. (152,489 sq. km). Capital: Atlanta.
Abbreviation: GA (for use with zip code), Ga.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- gapping
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar by which repeated instances of a verb are deleted from conjoined sentences, as in the deletion of brought from Mary brought the bread, John the cheese, and Bill the wine.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- gaposis
-
noun,
a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- epopees
-
noun,
an epic.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- signage
-
noun,
graphic designs, as symbols, emblems, or words, used especially for identification or as a means of giving directions or warning.
- gangers
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- gearing
-
noun,
an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- perigon
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- pepinos
-
noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- singers
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Essonne
-
noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- perigee
-
noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
- siennas
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- genappe
-
verb (used with object),
to singe (worsted yarn) in order to remove loose or protruding fibers.
- Sienese
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Siena.
- genesis
-
noun,
an origin, creation, or beginning.
- genseng
-
noun,
ginseng.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- gaspers
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- signors
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- pepsins
-
noun,
an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
- genipap
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Genipa americana, of the madder family, bearing an edible fruit used for preserves or in making beverages.
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- Genoese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
- gassing
-
noun,
an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- oneness
-
noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- serpigo
-
noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- reasons
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- pagings
-
noun,
a technique of storage management that transfers pages from secondary storage to main storage when they are required, and returns them to secondary storage when they are not.
Compare page1 (def 6a).
- sapiens
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- nasions
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- nappies
-
noun,
liquor, especially ale.
- nappers
-
noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- sappers
-
noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- naggers
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- sarongs
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- isagoge
-
noun,
an introduction, especially a scholarly introduction to a field of study or research.
- pannier
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- pannose
-
adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- pansies
-
noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- seeings
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- paresis
-
noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- inspans
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Negress
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- opening
-
noun,
an act or instance of making or becoming open.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- oppress
-
verb (used with object),
to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power:
- nosings
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- nonages
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- noggins
-
noun,
a small cup or mug.
- Neogene
-
noun,
the Neogene Period or System.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- reneges
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- nippers
-
noun,
a person or thing that nips.
- saggers
-
noun,
a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
- niggers
-
noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- reggaes
-
noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- sangers
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- parging
-
noun,
a thin coat of plaster or mortar for giving a relatively smooth surface to rough masonry or for sealing it against moisture.
- seepage
-
noun,
the act or process of seeping; leakage.
- Serpens
-
noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- peerage
-
noun,
the body of peers of a country or state.
- peeress
-
noun,
the wife or widow of a peer.
- rappees
-
noun,
a strong snuff made from dark, rank tobacco leaves.
- penangs
-
noun,
an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- serapes
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Serapis
-
noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- Goering
-
noun,
Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mən ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), Göring, Hermann Wilhelm.
- serenes
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- peepers
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits or utters a peeping sound.
- penises
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Sergipe
-
noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- ginseng
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Panax, especially P. pseudoginseng, of eastern Asia, or P. qinquefolius, of North America, having an aromatic root used medicinally.
- gingers
-
noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- Pensees
-
noun,
a collection of notes, essays, etc., dealing with religious and philosophical matters by Blaise Pascal, published posthumously in 1670.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- Gorgias
-
noun,
c483–c375 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- granges
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- ingress
-
noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- Grisons
-
noun,
a canton in E Switzerland. 2747 sq. mi. (7115 sq. km). Capital: Chur.
- parings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- seggars
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sagger.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- parsnip
-
noun,
a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- senegas
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- groping
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- grippes
-
noun,
influenza.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- passing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- gringos
-
noun,
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- Passion
-
noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- rasping
-
noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- senoras
-
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.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- greiges
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- greases
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- rapping
-
noun,
the act or sound of a person or thing that raps.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- sparing
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- pinenes
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- pinners
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- porgies
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- anoesis
-
noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- soapers
-
noun,
soap opera.
- pinesap
-
noun,
either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- spinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- pipages
-
noun,
conveyance, as of water, gas, or oil, by means of pipes.
- sprangs
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- engages
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- spinors
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinose
-
adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- engorge
-
verb (used with or without object),
to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
- prepose
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: .
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- engross
-
verb (used with object),
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb:
- prisage
-
noun,
the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- pinangs
-
noun,
the betel palm or its nut.
- popsies
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- aggress
-
verb (used with object),
to behave aggressively toward; attack (often followed by upon):
- apprise
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of):
- poisers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- sprains
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sparges
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- arseno-
-
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- poesies
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- pongees
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- propane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- spanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- sonnies
-
noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- propene
-
noun,
propylene (def 2).
- propine
-
noun,
a present; gift.
- pirogen
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- apposes
-
verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- asperse
-
verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- aspires
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- apogees
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- Spenser
-
noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- ageings
-
noun,
aging.
- sopping
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- spireas
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- prisons
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- springe
-
noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- praises
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- sponger
-
noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- presage
-
noun,
a presentiment or foreboding.
- pigpens
-
noun,
a pen for keeping pigs.
- snigger
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
snicker.
- Agriope
-
noun,
Eurydice.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Springs
-
noun,
a city in S Transvaal, in the E Republic of South Africa, E of Johannesburg.
- agreges
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- epigone
-
noun,
an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
- epigene
-
adjective,
formed or originating on the earth's surface (opposed to hypogene).
- sponges
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- snapper
-
noun,
any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- epagoge
-
noun,
induction of a general proposition from particular propositions.
- spongin
-
noun,
a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- epergne
-
noun,
an ornamental piece for the center of a table, for holding fruit, flowers, etc.
- noggin
-
noun,
a small cup or mug.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- sprags
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- apogee
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- ageing
-
noun,
aging.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- appose
-
verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- prangs
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- aggros
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- grasps
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- aeron.
-
- Ponape
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- grippe
-
noun,
influenza.
- 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.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- gringo
-
noun,
a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- pongee
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- senors
-
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.
- griege
-
noun,
gray goods.
- reggae
-
noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- greige
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- gregos
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- Spears
-
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.
- seggar
-
noun, verb (used with object),
sagger.
- parpen
-
noun,
perpend1 .
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- pagnes
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- isopag
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- angio-
-
- agrege
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- sagger
-
noun,
a box or case made of refractory baked clay in which the finer ceramic wares are enclosed and protected while baking.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- sargos
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sponge
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spiro-
-
- napper
-
noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- sapper
-
noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- nappes
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- sapro-
-
- agron.
-
- nagger
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- nigger
-
noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Osages
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- inorg.
-
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- paring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- pagers
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aniso-
-
- nipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that nips.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- paging
-
noun,
a technique of storage management that transfers pages from secondary storage to main storage when they are required, and returns them to secondary storage when they are not.
Compare page1 (def 6a).
- aggers
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Nippon
-
noun,
a Japanese name of Japan.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- grano-
-
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- grani-
-
- gapers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- egress
-
noun,
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Gasper
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- engage
-
adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- engin.
-
- Ganges
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- ganger
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- eggers
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- pingos
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- Geiger
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, German physicist.
- pepino
-
noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- pepsin
-
noun,
an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Sippar
-
noun,
an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- sipper
-
noun,
a person who sips.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- pignon
-
noun,
the edible seed of the cones of certain pines, as the nut pine, Pinus pinea, of southern Europe.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- ogress
-
noun,
a female monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- epopee
-
noun,
an epic.
- pigpen
-
noun,
a pen for keeping pigs.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- pinang
-
noun,
the betel palm or its nut.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Essene
-
noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- esrogs
-
noun,
etrog.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- sprigs
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Eogene
-
adjective, noun,
(formerly) Paleogene.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- goings
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; departure:
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- pengos
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gnosis
-
noun,
knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- arsons
-
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.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- arsen-
-
- Penang
-
noun,
an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- gipons
-
noun,
jupon.
- gorses
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Grange
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- gossip
-
noun,
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others:
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- gossan
-
noun,
a rust-colored deposit of mineral matter at the outcrop of a vein or orebody containing iron-bearing materials.
- peeper
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits or utters a peeping sound.
- rappee
-
noun,
a strong snuff made from dark, rank tobacco leaves.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Goring
-
noun,
the triangular area along a leech of a square sail, created by the presence of a gore.
- Gorges
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- rappen
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- Gorgas
-
noun,
William Crawford, 1854–1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904–13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914–18.
- pogies
-
noun,
a porgy.
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- serges
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- pennis
-
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- pipers
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- George
-
noun,
a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- pipage
-
noun,
conveyance, as of water, gas, or oil, by means of pipes.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Gessen
-
noun,
Goshen (def 1).
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- pensee
-
noun,
a reflection or thought.
- aspens
-
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.
- Ginger
-
noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Oreg.
-
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- prep.
-
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Pres.
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- 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.
- OPers
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- opsis
-
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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.
- orig.
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- 30-30
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- Pepin
-
noun,
("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- Penn.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- prop.
-
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- pene-
-
- pogge
-
noun,
a poacher, Agonus cataphractus, common near the British Isles and ranging north to Greenland and Iceland.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peeps
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peene
-
noun,
a river in NE Germany, flowing E to the Baltic Sea. About 97 miles (155 km) long.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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).
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- Papen
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- prae-
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- pass.
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pases
-
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.
- 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):
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Prog.
-
- pari-
-
- 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.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- ergo-
-
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Epis.
-
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- epees
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- snogs
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- soaps
-
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.
- egger
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snaps
-
- engr.
-
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sing.
-
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- gesso
-
noun,
gypsum or plaster of Paris prepared with glue for use as a surface for painting.
- sero-
-
- giga-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- Going
-
noun,
the act of leaving or departing; departure:
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- gages
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- gains
-
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- gasps
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agro-
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- anon.
-
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aero-
-
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- spor-
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- agger
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Aggie
-
noun,
agate (def 2).
- aggro
-
noun,
aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.
- 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.
- spies
-
- 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.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- 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.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- span-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- assn.
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sones
-
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.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- Apepi
-
noun,
Apophis.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- apses
-
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.
- 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.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- areo-
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- gonna
-
- geog.
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- naso-
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Sans.
-
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- nappe
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- nano-
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- sagos
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- noses
-
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.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- resp.
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- noggs
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- 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.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Iran.
-
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Gross
-
noun,
a group of 12 dozen, or 144, things. Abbreviation: gro.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- segos
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Gosse
-
noun,
Sir Edmund William, 1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- grogs
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- 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.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorge
-
noun,
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- grigs
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- insp.
-
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- insep
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Grieg
-
noun,
Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
- grego
-
noun,
a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- pro-
-
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- RONA
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sra.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- sepn
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spp.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rep.
-
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- prin
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Reg.
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- 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.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- SASE
-
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sig.
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- 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.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soni
-
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- prs.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- psia
-
- psig
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 1080
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gro.
-
- grog
-
noun,
a mixture of rum and water, often flavored with lemon, sugar, and spices and sometimes served hot.
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- IEEE
-
- gres
-
- ign.
-
- inae
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- grig
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gong
-
noun,
a large bronze disk, of Asian origin, having an upturned rim, that produces a vibrant, hollow tone when struck, usually with a stick or hammer that has a padded head.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- pre-
-
- Ire.
-
- GIGO
-
noun,
a rule of thumb stating that when faulty data are fed into a computer, the information that emerges will also be faulty.
- nogg
-
noun,
a shave for shaping dowels and handles.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iso-
-
- Aire
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- aer-
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- gigs
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- eggs
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ens.
-
- apo-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ano-
-
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- app.
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- Apr.
-
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- garg
-
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gags
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- gang
-
noun,
a group or band:
- Gage
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- epee
-
noun,
a rapier with a three-sided blade and a guard over the tip.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- epi-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- agr.
-
- ergs
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- agog
-
adverb,
in a state of eager desire; excitedly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- peep
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- opp.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- org.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Pan.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- per.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pnea
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pop-
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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):
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- Pers
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- OPer
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- PSS
-
- EPS
-
- OAP
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- PIO
-
- EOE
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- an.
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSG
-
- PSE
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- PSA
-
- eir
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- prp
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SSN
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Ar.
-
- Rs.
-
- Gag
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- GOP
-
- RPO
-
- gi.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- RPG
-
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- SSI
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RPS
-
- SSA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- SSE
-
- Re.
-
- egg
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- EEG
-
- EEO
-
- ROA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- SPS
-
- NOP
-
- ag-
-
- NSA
-
- ROI
-
- POR
-
- ROG
-
- 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.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- APS
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- PPE
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- PPI
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- ppr
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- PPS
-
- PRA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- NPR
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ARS
-
- ase
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- EEE
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- ap-
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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
-
- ea.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- eo-
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Eg.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ROP
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- Sr.
-
- POA
-
- ASI
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PGA
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- ier
-
- ONI
-
- ose
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OSP
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- OSS
-
- ing
-
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- SPR
-
- SSR
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Pa.
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- GSR
-
- GSA
-
- Pg.
-
- SRS
-
- ior
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- NEA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- SAR
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- OPA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ons
-
- ne-
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ISR
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- ONR
-
- IRO
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPA
-
- ss.
-
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- Sp.
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- gig
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- ggr
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ges
-
- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- prn
-
- So.
-
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ae.
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- RSS
-
- RSE
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- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- RSA
-
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- OAS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ps.
-
- PaG
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- gre
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Gr.
-
- GPS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NES
-
- 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).
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- OIr
-
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- RNA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- REA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- GNP
-
- Goa
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noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- Gog
-
noun,
a chief prince of Meshech and Tubal who came from Magog. Ezek. 38–39.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- AO
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- IP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OA
-
- RP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OG
-
- rg
-
- SA
-
- 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.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- S.
-
- SG
-
- ee
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- G.
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GP
-
- GG
-
- NP
-
- GN
-
- i.
-
- IG
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NG
-
- NI
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.