Anagrams of pasticheurs
Word pasticheurs has
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- eucharists
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noun,
the sacrament of Holy Communion; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper.
- pasticheur
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noun,
a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- sharp-cut
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adjective,
cut so as to have a sharp edge:
- pushcarts
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noun,
any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- spacesuit
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noun,
a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- practises
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Eucharist
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noun,
the sacrament of Holy Communion; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper.
- prussiate
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noun,
a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- piecrusts
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noun,
the crust or shell of a pie.
- purchases
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noun,
acquisition by the payment of money or its equivalent; buying, or a single act of buying.
- suricates
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- sharp-set
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adjective,
eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
- pastiche
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noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- suitcase
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noun,
a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- phreatic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to ground water.
- parishes
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- hiatuses
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noun,
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- cuprites
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- pitchers
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- hepatics
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- Castries
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noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- piecrust
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noun,
the crust or shell of a pie.
- captures
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- piasters
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- traipses
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- seraphic
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- purchase
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noun,
acquisition by the payment of money or its equivalent; buying, or a single act of buying.
- pictures
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- rictuses
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- precasts
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- hipsters
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noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- Arcesius
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noun,
a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- starship
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noun,
a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- Phaestus
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noun,
Phaistos.
- citruses
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- curtsies
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noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- pastries
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noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- starches
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noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- pushcart
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noun,
any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- spherics
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noun,
the geometry and trigonometry of figures formed on the surface of a sphere.
- Huastecs
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of Mexico.
- upstairs
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noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
- chastise
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verb (used with object),
to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chasseur
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noun,
(in the French army) one of a body of cavalry or infantry troops equipped and trained for rapid movement.
- putsches
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noun,
a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
- scaupers
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- Thespius
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noun,
the founder of the city of Thespiae and the father, by Megamede, of 50 daughters, all of whom bore sons to Hercules.
- harpists
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- upraises
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- capture
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- Curtiss
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noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- picture
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- Huastec
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noun,
a member of an Indian people of Mexico.
- cushats
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noun,
the ringdove, Colomba palumbus.
- Purchas
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noun,
Samuel, 1575?–1626, English writer and editor of travel books.
- auspice
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noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- pushers
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noun,
a person or thing that pushes.
- hirsute
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adjective,
hairy; shaggy.
- suspire
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verb (used with object),
to sigh; utter with long, sighing breaths.
- suspect
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noun,
a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.
- scarphs
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noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- scathes
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noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- aurists
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noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- scrapes
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- phrases
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noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- prussic
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adjective,
of or derived from prussic acid.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- sucrase
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noun,
invertase.
- cahiers
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noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- Script.
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- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- casuist
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noun,
an oversubtle or disingenuous reasoner, especially in questions of morality.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- sharpie
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noun,
sharper.
- shastri
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noun,
Lal Bahadur [lahl bah-hah-doo r] /lɑl bɑˈhɑ dʊər/ (Show IPA), 1904–66, Indian statesman: prime minister 1964–66.
- 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.
- chaises
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noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- chapter
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noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- sherpas
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noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- shiatsu
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noun,
a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- chasers
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noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- crashes
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noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- Iapetus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- spathic
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adjective,
like spar.
- spathes
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noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- spastic
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noun,
Pathology. a person exhibiting spasms.
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- precuts
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- christs
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noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- ictuses
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noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- pitches
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noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- cesuras
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noun,
caesura.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- cuestas
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noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cashier
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noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- Prussia
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noun,
a former state in N Europe: became a military power in the 18th century and in 1871 led the formation of the German empire; formally abolished as an administrative unit in 1947.
- Cassite
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noun,
Kassite.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- casters
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- parches
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- cuprite
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- cuirass
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noun,
Also called corselet. defensive armor for the torso comprising a breastplate and backplate, originally made of leather.
- seraphs
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noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- cruises
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- catsups
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noun,
ketchup.
- Serapis
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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.
- Pitcher
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- spruces
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- shapers
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noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- ceriphs
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noun,
serif.
- crushes
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noun,
the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- cesspit
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noun,
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
- Hussite
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noun,
a member of the religious reformist and nationalistic movement initiated by John Huss in Bohemia in the late 14th century.
- eparchs
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noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- upcasts
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noun,
an act of casting upward.
- escarps
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- percuss
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verb (used with object),
Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- Harpies
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- ascites
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noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- haircut
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noun,
an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- parsecs
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- hepatic
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- uptears
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- Thapsus
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noun,
an ancient town on the coast of Tunisia: decisive victory of Caesar 46 b.c.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Tharsis
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noun,
Tarshish.
- racists
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noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- upstair
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noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
- haptics
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noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- tephras
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- uprises
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- sachets
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noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- reships
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verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- harpist
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- actress
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noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- archit.
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- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Thraces
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noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- rustics
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noun,
a country person.
- pasties
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noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Thespis
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noun,
flourished 6th century b.c, Greek poet.
- eschars
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noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- theriac
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- Persius
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noun,
(Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- rupiahs
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noun,
an aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Indonesia, equal to 100 sen. Abbreviation: Rp.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- recasts
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noun,
a recasting.
- hipster
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noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- patsies
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noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- saucers
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- aphesis
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noun,
the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in the formation of the word slant from aslant.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- teacups
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noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- aphetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- sauries
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noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- Erastus
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noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- trashes
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noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- patches
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noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- Herisau
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Appenzell Ausser Rhoden, in NE Switzerland.
- hepcats
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noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- pasters
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- petasus
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noun,
a broad-brimmed hat worn by ancient Greek travelers and hunters, often represented in art as a winged hat worn by Hermes or Mercury.
- aitches
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noun,
the letter H, h.
- ratches
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noun,
a ratchet.
- Pasture
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noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- Perchta
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noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- 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):
- Rhesus
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noun,
a macaque, Macaca mulatta, of India, used in experimental medicine.
- shares
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noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- crisps
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noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- rashes
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noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- reship
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verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- hepta-
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- Rheita
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noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- Crista
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noun,
a crest or ridge.
- haptic
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noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- hepat-
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- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Sharps
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noun,
a single-shot, lever-action breechloader rifle patented in the U.S. in 1848 and adopted by the U.S. military in the 1850s.
- pathic
-
- Sharpe
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noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- hepcat
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noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- sautes
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noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- heists
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noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Sherpa
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noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- hastes
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noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Hastie
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noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- Icarus
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noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- sirups
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noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- Sisera
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noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- hearts
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noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- siesta
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noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- haters
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noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- sitars
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noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- precut
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- Hearst
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noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- shicer
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noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- shiers
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noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- shapes
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noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- shiest
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- shires
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- recti-
-
- shirts
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Hussar
-
noun,
(originally) one of a body of Hungarian light cavalry formed during the 15th century.
- Cuphea
-
noun,
any of various New World plants belonging to the genus Cuphea, of the loosestrife family, having tubular, usually reddish or purple flowers.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- scrips
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- hiatus
-
noun,
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- prutah
-
noun,
a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
- purses
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- scaups
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- sauchs
-
noun,
saugh.
- scarps
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- pusher
-
noun,
a person or thing that pushes.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- Putsch
-
noun,
a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- rupiah
-
noun,
an aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Indonesia, equal to 100 sen. Abbreviation: Rp.
- pushes
-
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- rushes
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- hursts
-
noun,
Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- Pisces
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- cushat
-
noun,
the ringdove, Colomba palumbus.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Huerta
-
noun,
Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- septi-
-
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- schist
-
noun,
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- Asshur
-
noun,
Assur.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- 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):
- aspics
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stupas
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- stupes
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- super-
-
- austr-
-
- spaces
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- supers
-
noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- supra-
-
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- surahs
-
noun,
a soft, twilled silk or rayon fabric.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- phasis
-
noun,
a manner, stage, or aspect of being; phase.
- Phases
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- 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.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- upsets
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- tuchis
-
noun,
tokus.
- Tursha
-
noun,
an ancient people of the Mediterranean region, variously identified with the Lydians, Etruscans, or Trojans.
- tusche
-
noun,
a greaselike liquid used in lithography as a medium receptive to lithographic ink, and in etching and silkscreen as a resist.
- tushes
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tush!”.
- tushie
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tussah
-
noun,
a tan silk from India.
Compare Shantung (def 2a).
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- pauses
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- ushers
-
noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- Ussher
-
noun,
James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patri-
-
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- thesis
-
noun,
a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections:
- Thess.
-
- archt.
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archi-
-
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- Thurs.
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- pashes
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- trich-
-
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- 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.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprits
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- cerat-
-
- sprues
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- spahis
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- chiaus
-
noun,
(in the Ottoman Empire) a court official who served as an ambassador, emissary, or member of a ceremonial escort.
- 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.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- chests
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- spicas
-
noun,
spike2 .
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- Chasse
-
noun,
a gliding step in which one foot is kept in advance of the other.
- chases
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spurts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- cashes
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- pishes
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- stichs
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- staphs
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- pret.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- Pres.
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- rcpt.
-
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Prus.
-
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pert.
-
- peta-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- prae-
-
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- prahu
-
noun,
proa.
- peri-
-
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- petri
-
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Supt.
-
- surah
-
noun,
a soft, twilled silk or rayon fabric.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sushi
-
noun,
cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spies
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stash
-
noun,
something put away or hidden:
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Uriah
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Urias [yoo-rahy-uh s] /yʊˈraɪ əs/ (Show IPA). Also called Uriah the Hittite. the husband of Bathsheba, and an officer in David's army. II Sam. 11.
- Ushas
-
noun,
Dawn, a Vedic deity, daughter of Sky and sister of Night.
- Usher
-
noun,
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
- USPHS
-
- USSCt
-
- Uther
-
noun,
king of Britain and father of Arthur.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- treas
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tera-
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- tears
-
- tech.
-
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sarc-
-
- 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.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sauch
-
noun,
saugh.
- ruths
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scat-
-
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Sachs
-
noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1494–1576, German Meistersinger: author of stories, songs, poems and dramatic works.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- rept.
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rhet.
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ruche
-
noun,
a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Shute
-
noun,
Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway) 1899–1960, British novelist and aeronautical engineer.
- shuts
-
noun,
the act or time of shutting or closing.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- 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.
- spec.
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- shpt.
-
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sect.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- Seric
-
- seti-
-
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sheas
-
noun,
shea tree.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- shies
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- patr-
-
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- chuse
-
verb (used with or without object),
Archaic. choose.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chiru
-
noun,
a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- hurts
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Hurst
-
noun,
Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Chute
-
noun,
an inclined channel, as a trough, tube, or shaft, for conveying water, grain, coal, etc., to a lower level.
- asst.
-
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- aeri-
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- 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.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- IATSE
-
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chap.
-
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- char-
-
- acpt.
-
- Ipsus
-
noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- chess
-
noun,
a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- hests
-
noun,
behest.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- herp.
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- crush
-
noun,
the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- haust
-
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- path-
-
- Ashur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Ashes
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- haute
-
adverb,
aloud; loudly.
- hect-
-
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- hist.
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- hier-
-
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crit.
-
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- hasps
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- acet-
-
- auth.
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Epist
-
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- Esth.
-
- 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.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- pass.
-
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- Capt.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- arith
-
- caps.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- pari-
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carp-
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- part.
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- caus.
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Aust.
-
- 30-30
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ecua.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- Isth.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- Cath.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Arch.
-
- astr.
-
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- arche
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- cur.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- scr.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- 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.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- the-
-
- ect-
-
- Eph.
-
- sci.
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- art.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sch.
-
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Cush
-
noun,
money, especially when reserved for some special use.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ter.
-
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sech
-
- sec.
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- saur
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- asc-
-
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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).
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- ates
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Sra.
-
- thi-
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cat.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- SPCA
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- aut-
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Aus.
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- supr
-
- aur-
-
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- such
-
Idioms,
as such. as1 (def 28).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- sur-
-
- cap.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- atic
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Ste.
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- shut
-
noun,
the act or time of shutting or closing.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- shr.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- taur
-
- tchr
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 1080
-
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Chr.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- chs.
-
- Chur
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- ASSR
-
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- cir.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- cit.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sat.
-
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- SASE
-
- prec
-
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- huia
-
noun,
an apparently extinct, crowlike bird, Heteralocha acutirostris, of New Zealand, noted for the completely different bill shapes of the male and female.
- Hupa
-
noun,
an Athabaskan Indian language of NW California.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- prs.
-
- Huss
-
noun,
John, 1369?–1415, Czech religious reformer and martyr.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICSH
-
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- PSAT
-
- pre-
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- ACTH
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- uret
-
- HUAC
-
noun,
House Un-American Activities Committee.
- aer-
-
- uria
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- Tues
-
- HRIP
-
- purs
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- psec
-
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- aet.
-
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Tush
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tush!”.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psia
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Pers
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Phar
-
- USTC
-
- Utah
-
noun,
a state in the W United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City.
Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- perh
-
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- per.
-
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pat.
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- pct.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- 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.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- USAR
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- USCA
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- USHA
-
noun,
Dawn, a Vedic deity, daughter of Sky and sister of Night.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- USIA
-
- USIS
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- USPS
-
- USRC
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- phr.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Rep.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- aph-
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rush
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- tri-
-
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Eur.
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Apr.
-
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rit.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- rpt.
-
- 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.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- Eth.
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- Hess
-
noun,
Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
- 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.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- est.
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Aire
-
- esp.
-
- ESIS
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- 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.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- thus
-
adverb,
in the way just indicated; in this way:
- etc.
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- her.
-
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Thur
-
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- ap-
-
- TPI
-
- uti
-
- TIA
-
- ARS
-
- ARU
-
- ATP
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- USC
-
- 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.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Sus
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ATC
-
- USR
-
- UTC
-
- THC
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ac-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tph
-
- Ar.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- USP
-
- AIC
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TCA
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- APC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- ASI
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- tue
-
- AHE
-
- Tu.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TSS
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- trp
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- ahu
-
noun,
a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
- TRH
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- th-
-
- ACP
-
- Tpr
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- tr.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ast
-
- tra
-
- APS
-
- AUC
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ure
-
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ur-
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- UPC
-
- 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.
- USS
-
- UAE
-
- UCR
-
- UIT
-
- up-
-
- AEC
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ae.
-
- UPI
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ase
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ASR
-
- CSA
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- PUC
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- PSC
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ETR
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ca.
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- hr.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITC
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ite
-
- 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.
- IUS
-
- 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:
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- PHS
-
- ist
-
- pt.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PHA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- ITA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Hue
-
noun,
a gradation or variety of a color; tint:
- IHS
-
- Hus
-
noun,
Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ier
-
- IHP
-
- PRC
-
- IPA
-
- ISR
-
- iph
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- PRA
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ish
-
- ESU
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SRS
-
- CRT
-
- SSI
-
- SSR
-
- Shu
-
noun,
the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
- sht
-
- shp
-
- SST
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- St.
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CPS
-
- CSR
-
- Sta
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CST
-
- SHA
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- STI
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CPU
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- ss.
-
- Sr.
-
- SSA
-
- SSC
-
- CEA
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- SPR
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- Chu
-
noun,
a river in SE Kazakhstan, flowing NE from the Tian Shan, near the Kyrgyz border, into the desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- CPR
-
- CIA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- CIE
-
- CIP
-
- SSE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- CPA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- CPI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- STP
-
- ch.
-
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- sc.
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ehr
-
- ERT
-
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- SAE
-
- ESR
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sp.
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- cs.
-
- ea.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- CAI
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ct.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SCS
-
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ECA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ec-
-
- SCP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- 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.
- SU
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PH
-
- 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.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 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.
- CE
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- S.
-
- U.
-
- t.
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- RH
-
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HP
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- RP
-
- RU
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RC
-
- R.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IP
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
-
- UI
-
- i.
-
- CU
-
- UC
-
- SA
-
- TC
-
- PU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- TP
-