Anagrams of passionflower
Word passionflower has
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- professional
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noun,
a person who belongs to one of the professions, especially one of the learned professions.
- profession
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noun,
a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science:
Compare learned profession.
- polonaises
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noun,
a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polonaise
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noun,
a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- aloofness
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noun,
the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference:
- rooflines
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noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- slipwares
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noun,
pottery decorated with slip.
- slipnoose
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noun,
a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- self-sown
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adjective,
sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
- fire-plow
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noun,
a stick that is rubbed in a wooden groove to produce sparks for igniting a fire.
- foresails
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- fossorial
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adjective,
digging or burrowing.
- aerofoils
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noun,
airfoil.
- Solferino
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noun,
a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- pinafores
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noun,
a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- farnesols
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- aspersion
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noun,
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander:
- span-roof
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noun,
a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.
- seafloors
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noun,
the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- personals
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noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- profanes
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adjective,
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- Serpasil
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- fairness
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noun,
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness:
- spoilers
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- low-rise
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noun,
a low-rise building.
- persians
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- forepaws
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noun,
the paw of a foreleg.
- self-sow
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verb (used without object),
to sow or propagate itself naturally from seeds that have been dropped.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- psoralen
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noun,
a toxic substance, C 11 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- roofless
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adjective,
having no roof.
- painless
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adjective,
without pain; causing little or no pain:
- felspars
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noun,
feldspar.
- anisoles
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- roseolas
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- plosions
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- farnesol
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- roofline
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noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- profiles
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- sawflies
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noun,
any of numerous hymenopterous insects of the family Tenthredinidae, the female of which has a sawlike ovipositor for inserting the eggs in the tissues of a host plant.
- sea-wolf
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noun,
any of several large, voracious, marine fishes, as the wolffish or sea bass.
- reposals
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- spaniels
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- wariness
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noun,
the state or quality of being wary.
- aerofoil
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noun,
airfoil.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- flaperon
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noun,
a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- wooralis
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noun,
curare.
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- airflows
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noun,
the air flowing past or through a moving body, as an airplane or automobile.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- personal
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noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- personas
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noun,
a person.
- poor-law
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noun,
a law or system of laws providing for the relief or support of the poor at public expense.
- warisons
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noun,
a bugle call to assault.
- seafowls
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noun,
seabird.
- aerosols
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- nol-pros
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verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- seafloor
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noun,
the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- Pinafore
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noun,
a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- pelorias
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- sopranos
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- slipware
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noun,
pottery decorated with slip.
- lewisson
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noun,
lewis.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- firepans
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noun,
a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- 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.
- peafowls
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noun,
any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.
- safroles
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- sprains
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sprawls
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noun,
the act or an instance of sprawling; a sprawling posture.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- profane
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adjective,
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Seafowl
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noun,
seabird.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- sailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- aspires
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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):
- warison
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noun,
a bugle call to assault.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- poisons
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- safrole
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- Rawlins
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noun,
a town in S Wyoming.
- pronaos
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noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- soapers
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noun,
soap opera.
- perfins
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noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insofar
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adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- in-laws
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noun,
a relative by marriage.
- roseola
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- inflows
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noun,
something that flows in; influx.
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- enwraps
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verb (used with object),
to wrap or envelop in something.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- inwraps
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verb (used with object),
enwrap.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- foisons
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noun,
abundance; plenty.
- forepaw
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noun,
the paw of a foreleg.
- ripsaws
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noun,
a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- filasse
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noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- soprano
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- foliose
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adjective,
Botany. leafy.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- firepan
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noun,
a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- Flowers
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noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- Flossie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- florins
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- olefins
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- felspar
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noun,
feldspar.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- spirals
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- espanol
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noun,
the Spanish language.
- solions
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- sponsor
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noun,
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- splores
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- frisson
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noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- spleno-
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- spireas
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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.
- profess
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verb (used with object),
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to:
- fraises
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- fanwise
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adverb,
spread out like an open fan:
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- Polaris
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noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- plessor
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noun,
plexor.
- profile
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- spinels
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- fowlers
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noun,
a hunter of birds.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- spinals
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- warless
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adjective,
unmarked by war:
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- paniolo
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noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pinwale
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adjective,
(of a fabric, especially corduroy) having very thin wales.
- Wissler
-
noun,
Clark, 1870–1947, U.S. anthropologist.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- saloops
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noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- Loafers
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noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- ariosos
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noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- pilfers
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verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Passion
-
noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- airflow
-
noun,
the air flowing past or through a moving body, as an airplane or automobile.
- woofers
-
noun,
a loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of low-frequency sounds.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- 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.
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Wilsons
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noun,
Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) [jon-stuh n,, -suh n] /ˈdʒɒn stən,, -sən/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, English writer.
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Winesap
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noun,
a red variety of apple that ripens in the autumn.
- answers
-
noun,
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:
- pansies
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noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- paresis
-
noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- lipases
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- palsies
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- paroles
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- woolens
-
noun,
any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- 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.
- arseno-
-
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- Aerosol
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- woorali
-
noun,
curare.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- warsles
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- prisons
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- peafowl
-
noun,
any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- woolies
-
noun,
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
- prowess
-
noun,
exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- pai-loo
-
noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- woolers
-
noun,
a domestic animal raised for its wool.
- worsens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- loopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- loosens
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- pensils
-
noun,
pencel.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- 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).
- Florin
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- lowers
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- nowise
-
adverb,
noway.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- flori-
-
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Florio
-
noun,
John, 1553?–1625, English lexicographer and translator.
- fossor
-
noun,
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- ripsaw
-
noun,
a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- sopors
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- folios
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- 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.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sowens
-
noun,
porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Fowler
-
noun,
a hunter of birds.
- 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.
- 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.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- foison
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- Flower
-
noun,
the blossom of a plant.
- fossil
-
noun,
any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- pilfer
-
verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- rowels
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- pilafs
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- 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.
- rowens
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- prawns
-
noun,
any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- slopes
-
- Rowena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rowans
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- floors
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- iowans
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Sifnos
-
noun,
Siphnos.
- inwrap
-
verb (used with object),
enwrap.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Lawson
-
noun,
Robert, 1892–1957, U.S. illustrator and author, especially of children's books.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- 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.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- inwale
-
noun,
(in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- plano-
-
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- plani-
-
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- lapses
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- frowns
-
noun,
a frowning look; scowl.
- sapro-
-
- pleio-
-
- solons
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- snoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- in-law
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- infra-
-
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- inflow
-
noun,
something that flows in; influx.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- serows
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- sewans
-
noun,
seawan.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- sloops
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- 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):
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- walers
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- awless
-
adjective,
aweless.
- aswoon
-
adjective, adverb,
being in a swoon:
- aswirl
-
adjective, adverb,
moving in a swirling pattern or motion:
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- owners
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- 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.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- warsle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- 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.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- rawins
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- weapon
-
noun,
any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
- swipes
-
noun,
poor, watery, or spoiled beer.
- 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.
- swales
-
noun,
a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
- Powers
-
noun,
Hiram, 1805–73, U.S. sculptor.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- enwrap
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap or envelop in something.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- swarfs
-
noun,
an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder.
- swears
-
Verb phrases,
swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- 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.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- swirls
-
noun,
a swirling movement; whirl; eddy.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- swoons
-
noun,
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
- swoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- perfin
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- woofer
-
noun,
a loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of low-frequency sounds.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- woolen
-
noun,
any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- wooler
-
noun,
a domestic animal raised for its wool.
- prowls
-
noun,
act of prowling.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- aeron.
-
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- worsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become worse.
- worses
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- wrasse
-
noun,
any of various marine fishes of the family Labridae, especially of the genus Labrus, having thick, fleshy lips, powerful teeth, and usually a brilliant color, certain species being valued as food fishes.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- paleo-
-
- paleon
-
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- aprowl
-
adjective,
moving about in stealthy search; covertly stalking or hunting; prowling (usually used predicatively):
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Wilson
-
noun,
Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) [jon-stuh n,, -suh n] /ˈdʒɒn stən,, -sən/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, English writer.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- answer
-
noun,
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.:
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- aniso-
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Winsor
-
noun,
Justin, 1831–97, U.S. librarian and historian.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- wipers
-
noun,
a person or thing that wipes.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- sprawl
-
noun,
the act or an instance of sprawling; a sprawling posture.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- rewins
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- Newari
-
noun,
a Sino-Tibetan language, the language of the Newar.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- spawns
-
noun,
Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spoofs
-
noun,
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Onslow
-
noun,
George, 1784–1853, French composer.
- splen-
-
- 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.
- spiro-
-
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 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.
- resaws
-
noun,
Lumbering. a machine for cutting logs into lumber.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- 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.
- Feosol
-
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- sporo-
-
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- spoors
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- spools
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- 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.
- lowse
-
adjective,
loose.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- resaw
-
noun,
Lumbering. a machine for cutting logs into lumber.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- 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).
- Sans.
-
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- lweis
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- lowan
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- pari-
-
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- pawls
-
noun,
a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- prowl
-
noun,
act of prowling.
- Olwen
-
noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- pass.
-
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lowes
-
noun,
John Livingston, 1867–1945, U.S. scholar, critic, and teacher.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Parl.
-
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Lower
-
noun,
a denture for the lower jaw.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- pale-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- 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.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- resp.
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- 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.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- pros.
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- rewin
-
verb (used with object),
to win back or again.
- PROFS
-
noun,
professor.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- proof
-
noun,
evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- 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.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- refl.
-
- Norw.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- roofs
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- 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.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Rowan
-
noun,
the European mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of bright red berries.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- rowel
-
noun,
a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- 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.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rowen
-
noun,
Chiefly Northern U.S. the second crop of grass or hay in a season; aftermath.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- pron.
-
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- pilaf
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- noso-
-
- 30-30
-
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Owens
-
noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- oleo-
-
- Orlon
-
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- 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.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- 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.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- peri-
-
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Nowel
-
noun,
Noel (def 2).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- 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.
- naso-
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Narew
-
noun,
a river in NE Poland, flowing S and SW into the Bug River: battle 1915. 290 miles (465 km) long.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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).
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- 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.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- 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.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- rawin
-
noun,
a method of observation of upper-air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Newar
-
noun,
a member of a Mongoloid people of Nepal.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- owner
-
noun,
a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- reni-
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- opsis
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- nears
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- swale
-
noun,
a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- swarf
-
noun,
an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- sware
-
verb,
simple past tense of swear.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Swaps
-
noun,
an exchange:
- 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.
- Swain
-
noun,
a male admirer or lover.
- swine
-
noun,
any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.
Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- prae-
-
- Epis.
-
- plows
-
noun,
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- Erwin
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “boar” and “friend.”.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- swear
-
Verb phrases,
swear by,
to name (a sacred being or thing) as one's witness or guarantee in swearing.
Informal. to have great confidence in; rely on:
to have certain knowledge of:
- Elwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- spoof
-
noun,
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
- swore
-
verb,
a simple past tense of swear.
- wains
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- wails
-
noun,
the act of wailing.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- waifs
-
noun,
a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- poss.
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- wafer
-
noun,
a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
- sworn
-
verb,
past participle of swear.
- swops
-
verb (used with or without object),
swap.
- swipe
-
noun,
a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club.
- POWER
-
noun,
ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- swoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of swooping; a sudden, swift descent.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Swoon
-
noun,
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- swoln
-
adjective,
swollen.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- swirl
-
noun,
a swirling movement; whirl; eddy.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Waler
-
noun,
a horse bred in New South Wales, Australia, as a military saddle horse and exported in numbers during the 19th century to British India.
- fires
-
- 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.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spawn
-
noun,
Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flaws
-
noun,
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:
- flews
-
noun,
flue3 .
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- filos
-
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- fawns
-
noun,
a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- OPers
-
- spews
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spies
-
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- awols
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- awner
-
noun,
a machine for cutting the awns from grain.
- flips
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- 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):
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- poofs
-
noun,
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- aloof
-
adverb,
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:
- wires
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Wolfe
-
noun,
Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Alwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- wipes
-
noun,
an act of wiping:
- wiper
-
noun,
a person or thing that wipes.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- wolfs
-
noun,
any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- worse
-
noun,
that which is worse.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- 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.
- woops
-
interjection,
whoops.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- wools
-
noun,
the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Wolof
-
noun,
a language of Senegal, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Fulani.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Woolf
-
noun,
Virginia (Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf) 1882–1941, English novelist, essayist, and critic.
- Afro-
-
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- woofs
-
noun,
filling (def 5).
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- anis-
-
- winos
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- Wales
-
noun,
a division of the United Kingdom, in SW Great Britain. 8016 sq. mi. (20,760 sq. km).
- warps
-
noun,
a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.
- weans
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- weals
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- warns
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- wares
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- 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.
-
- wanes
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- Arnel
-
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- 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.
- wines
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Wilno
-
noun,
Polish name of Vilnius.
- Wiles
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- 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.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- weirs
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- areo-
-
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- wears
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- span-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Lawes
-
noun,
Henry ("Harry") 1596–1662, English composer.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- sinew
-
noun,
a tendon.
- sewan
-
noun,
seawan.
- Pres.
-
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- slews
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- slaws
-
noun,
coleslaw.
- pref.
-
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Sino-
-
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- 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.
- liwan
-
noun,
iwan.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- self-
-
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Loewi
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- lipo-
-
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- loofs
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- serow
-
noun,
a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered.
- sero-
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Lewis
-
noun,
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- fowls
-
noun,
the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
Compare domestic fowl.
- 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.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- fraps
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Freon
-
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- pleo-
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Fris.
-
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- fore-
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- floor
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- flor.
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Floss
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- plio-
-
- flown
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flows
-
noun,
an act of flowing.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- folio
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- plews
-
noun,
a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.
- fools
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- 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.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- frown
-
noun,
a frowning look; scowl.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- frows
-
noun,
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
- inlaw
-
noun,
a relative by marriage.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- insep
-
- insol
-
- insp.
-
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- Iowan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Iowa.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Iowas
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snaps
-
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- slows
-
adverb,
in a slow manner; slowly:
- prawn
-
noun,
any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Iran.
-
- pelfs
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- snows
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- ileo-
-
- plan-
-
- 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.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- pows
-
noun,
a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- 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):
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- 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.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pro-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- prin
-
- Prof
-
noun,
professor.
- 1080
-
- prow
-
noun,
the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- sows
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- 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.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spew
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Sra.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SWAN
-
noun,
any of several large, stately aquatic birds of the subfamily Anserinae, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult.
Compare mute swan, trumpeter swan, whistling swan, whooper swan.
- swap
-
noun,
an exchange:
- swop
-
verb (used with or without object),
swap.
- Soni
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- WAFS
-
noun,
a member of the Women in the Air Force, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slaw
-
noun,
coleslaw.
- slew
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slow
-
adverb,
in a slow manner; slowly:
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- soln
-
- waes
-
noun,
woe.
- waif
-
noun,
a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Wolf
-
noun,
any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- WINS
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- wipe
-
noun,
an act of wiping:
- wire
-
noun,
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- Wis.
-
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- wisp
-
noun,
a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- woof
-
noun,
filling (def 5).
- wool
-
noun,
the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- woos
-
verb (used with object),
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- wops
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
- wore
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- worn
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- WRAF
-
- Wren
-
noun,
any of numerous small, active songbirds of the family Troglodytidae, especially Troglodytes troglodytes, of the Northern Hemisphere, having dark-brown plumage barred with black and a short, upright tail.
Compare house wren, marsh wren, rock wren, winter wren.
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- wife
-
noun,
a married woman, especially when considered in relation to her partner in marriage.
- wail
-
noun,
the act of wailing.
- Ware
-
noun,
Usually, wares.
articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods:
any intangible items, as services or products of artistic or intellectual creativity, that are salable:
- Wain
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. Charles's Wain.
- WAIS
-
noun,
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
See under Wechsler Scales.
- Wal.
-
- wale
-
noun,
a streak, stripe, or ridge produced on the skin by the stroke of a rod or whip; welt.
- Wane
-
noun,
a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- wans
-
noun,
wide-area network.
- waps
-
verb (used with or without object),
whop.
- warn
-
verb (used with object),
to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable:
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- Warp
-
noun,
a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.
- WASP
-
noun,
any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- weal
-
noun,
well-being, prosperity, or happiness:
- wean
-
Verb phrases,
wean on, to accustom to; to familiarize with from, or as if from, childhood:
- Wear
-
noun,
the act of wearing; use, as of a garment:
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- Weir
-
noun,
a small dam in a river or stream.
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- prs.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rep.
-
- 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).
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RNAS
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rel.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- psia
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- raws
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ref.
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- 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.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sepn
-
- 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.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sews
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- saws
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- RONA
-
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Rowe
-
noun,
Nicholas, 1674–1718, British poet and dramatist, poet laureate 1715–18.
- rows
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- sawn
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- SASE
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- WRNS
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lawn
-
noun,
a stretch of open, grass-covered land, especially one closely mowed, as near a house, on an estate, or in a park.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- infl
-
- Fri.
-
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- frow
-
noun,
a cleaving tool having a wedge-shaped blade, with a handle set at right angles to it.
- Frs.
-
- FRSL
-
- FRSS
-
- IOOF
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- Inf.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- ISSN
-
- 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 = .
- Iowa
-
noun,
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines.
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- frap
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lows
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- lwop
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- loof
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- NIRA
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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
-
- awes
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- awns
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ARIS
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- Ens.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- epi-
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- AWOL
-
noun,
a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- afr-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alis
-
- alow
-
adverb,
below decks.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- anew
-
adverb,
over again; again; once more:
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- apo-
-
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- flow
-
noun,
an act of flowing.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Fla.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flap
-
noun,
something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening:
- flaw
-
noun,
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flew
-
noun,
flue3 .
- Flip
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- FLOP
-
noun,
an act of flopping.
- FLRA
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fool
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- fowl
-
noun,
the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
Compare domestic fowl.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fin.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Ewan
-
noun,
a male given name, Welsh form of John.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Fawn
-
noun,
a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- FERA
-
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- perf
-
- Piaf
-
noun,
Edith (Edith Giovanna Gassion) 1914–63, French singer.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- 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.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pawn
-
noun,
the state of being deposited or held as security, especially with or by a pawnbroker:
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pan.
-
- opia
-
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- pawl
-
noun,
a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion.
- paws
-
noun,
the foot of an animal having claws.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pnea
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- poof
-
noun,
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pelf
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- PLSS
-
- 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.
- per.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- 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.
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- PERL
-
- Pers
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oro-
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pol.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- plew
-
noun,
a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- plow
-
noun,
an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- 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.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Pal.
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- osis
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- FPO
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- paw
-
noun,
the foot of an animal having claws.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- RPS
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- POA
-
- RAF
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- PSF
-
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Pa.
-
- ROW
-
noun,
a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line:
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Frl
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- FIO
-
- POW
-
noun,
a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Re.
-
- Ps.
-
- pwr
-
- PWA
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- PSS
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- prn
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Fl.
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- few
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) a small number or amount:
- Pr.
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- FOS
-
- Fia
-
- pli
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ean
-
- ASW
-
- awe
-
noun,
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
- 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.
- AWL
-
noun,
a pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc.
- awn
-
noun,
a bristlelike appendage of a plant, especially on the glumes of grasses.
- PLO
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- eo-
-
- ea.
-
- 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.
- War
-
noun,
a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- WAF
-
noun,
a member of the Women in the Air Force, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- wae
-
noun,
woe.
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- 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
-
- PLR
-
- WAP
-
verb (used with or without object),
whop.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ef-
-
- pl.
-
- APS
-
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- plf
-
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- 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.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ASR
-
- ARS
-
- Apl
-
- was
-
verb,
1st and 3rd person singular pt. indicative of be.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- prf
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- efl
-
- FAO
-
- ESL
-
- Sr.
-
- SPS
-
- EPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SPR
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- pew
-
noun,
(in a church) one of a number of fixed, benchlike seats with backs, accessible by aisles, for the use of the congregation.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- WIP
-
- fo.
-
- ANF
-
- FPS
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- eir
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EIS
-
- PRA
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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:
- en-
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EOF
-
- pf.
-
- ss.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- Sw.
-
- SSW
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSA
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- ILS
-
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- ROA
-
- OAO
-
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- AEF
-
- RNA
-
- OSF
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- ae.
-
- OSA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- op.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- SAW
-
noun,
a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- wop
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Italian or a person of Italian descent.
- NWS
-
- LPN
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- SAR
-
- OIr
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Lif
-
- 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).
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Ola
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OFr
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- of-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- OAS
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSI
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- RSS
-
- NFL
-
- SAE
-
- SWA
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- WPA
-
- WRA
-
- Af.
-
- RSE
-
- NES
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- ap-
-
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NLF
-
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- NOP
-
- LSS
-
- NSF
-
- Ar.
-
- NSA
-
- LWP
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- an.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- al.
-
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- NSW
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- NPR
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- ROP
-
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- RFI
-
- AFL
-
- IPA
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- OSO
-
- IOF
-
- 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 = .
- ose
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- IPO
-
- REA
-
- 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.
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- ial
-
- raw
-
noun,
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
- OWI
-
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- FWA
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- in.
-
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- SOF
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ONI
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- POR
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ons
-
- AFS
-
- ONR
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ONF
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- AFP
-
- RFA
-
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- RFE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Law
-
noun,
the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LaF
-
- ISR
-
- Woo
-
verb (used with object),
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- SLE
-
- La.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SLA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- OPA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- WP
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- 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.
- NL
-
- 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.
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LW
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- RF
-
- LF
-
- ol
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OA
-
- RO
-
- O.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
-
- NW
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NF
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- RW
-
- RP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- FE
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- WL
-
- WI
-
- WF
-
- w/
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FP
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- PW
-
- IW
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- fn
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- FW
-
- i.
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IP
-
- SN
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)