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Word patrimonies has
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- ptomaines
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- orpiments
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- pimientos
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- Impatiens
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impsonite
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noun,
a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
- Petrinism
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noun,
the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- Peronista
-
noun,
Peronist.
- prosimian
-
noun,
a prosimian animal.
- protamine
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noun,
any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- spermato-
-
- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- pimiento
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- imprison
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- imprints
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noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- pimentos
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noun,
pimiento.
- pi-meson
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noun,
pion.
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- Pointers
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- atropism
-
noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- rampions
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- primines
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- tampions
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noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- orpiment
-
noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- misprint
-
noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- Romanite
-
noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- Monteria
-
noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- Minorite
-
noun,
Friar Minor.
- rimstone
-
noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- meropias
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noun,
partial blindness.
- moraines
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- Masonite
-
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- 11-point
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- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- manropes
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- maitrise
-
noun,
mastery; skill.
- maintops
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- Peronism
-
noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- ptomaine
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noun,
any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- isation
-
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- spermo-
-
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- timpani
-
noun,
a set of kettledrums, especially as used in an orchestra or band.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- Empirin
-
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- enamors
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- Pierian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- manrope
-
noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- maintop
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- sterno-
-
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- tampons
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- tampion
-
noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- transp.
-
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- stamin-
-
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- impasto
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noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- Imperia
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Italy.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- impers.
-
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- impones
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- imports
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- imprint
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- pianism
-
noun,
the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- antero-
-
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- arseno-
-
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- moraine
-
noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Postman
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- nemato-
-
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- postmen
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- primine
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- aristo-
-
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- Romaine
-
noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- oarsmen
-
noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- sapro-
-
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- aeron.
-
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- penta-
-
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- nitro-
-
- septi-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nemat-
-
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- steno-
-
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- patri-
-
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- 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.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- sperm-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- ptero-
-
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- masto-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- matri-
-
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- somat-
-
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- 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.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- panto-
-
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- somni-
-
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- spiro-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- iatro-
-
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- tarso-
-
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- amnios
-
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- 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):
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- astron
-
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- arsen-
-
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- astro-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- AmerSp
-
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- petro-
-
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- trans.
-
- inter.
-
- aniso-
-
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- imper.
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- amino-
-
- anemo-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- 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.
- 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.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- OPers
-
- prae-
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- post-
-
- nitr-
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- sanit
-
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- prem.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Pres.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- 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.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- pret.
-
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- prim.
-
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- semi-
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Port.
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- petri
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pron.
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Prot.
-
- 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.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- petr-
-
- reni-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- part.
-
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- 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.
- peri-
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pert.
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pros.
-
- rept.
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- 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.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- resp.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- patr-
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- peta-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- poet.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- oste-
-
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- prom.
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pari-
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pant-
-
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- IATSE
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imit.
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- 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.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- intr.
-
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temp.
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- term.
-
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- step-
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- ster.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- 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.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- areo-
-
- treas
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- 30-30
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amer.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ento-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- 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.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atmo-
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tonia
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ation
-
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miso-
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- span-
-
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- MPers
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- seti-
-
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- sero-
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Sept.
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- MSEnt
-
- sito-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- naso-
-
- Sino-
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- meta-
-
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- meno-
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- mero-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- metr-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- spor-
-
- meso-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- mini-
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- mast-
-
- Srta.
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- matr-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sepn
-
- SMTP
-
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sem.
-
- Sra.
-
- 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.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Ste.
-
- Sat.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tron
-
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- SRAM
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- RIIA
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tRNA
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tasm
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ten.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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:
- RNAS
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- rit.
-
- Rep.
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tion
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- rpt.
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Soni
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- RONA
-
- 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.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- str.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- NTIA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- emia
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- met.
-
- Emp.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nor.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- NIRA
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- ASME
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Mon.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ire.
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- meas
-
- ASTM
-
- mes-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- MEPA
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ator
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- ment
-
- men-
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- atm.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ins.
-
- MSAE
-
- int.
-
- MNAS
-
- INRI
-
- MSIE
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- MSPE
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- eso-
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOpt
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Imp.
-
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- epi-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- epit
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MIPS
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Ens.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- mis-
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Ont.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- pnea
-
- AISI
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- AIME
-
- PSAT
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- aet.
-
- psia
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- aer-
-
- pts.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- prs.
-
- pro-
-
- Aire
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- pos.
-
- prin
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pers
-
- Pet.
-
- per.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- 1080
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Arm.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ARIS
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- inae
-
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Pan.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- amt.
-
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- 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.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pam.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- ano-
-
- amp.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pat.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- ise
-
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- STP
-
- ipr
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IPA
-
- IPM
-
- IPO
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IRS
-
- IOT
-
- IPS
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IRO
-
- ISA
-
- ior
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- APS
-
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARS
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ast
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- aor
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Tro
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AMS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- at.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- in.
-
- 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.
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ep.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- TMO
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- en-
-
- ist
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EMT
-
- ISR
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SRO
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- POA
-
- Om.
-
- SAE
-
- PMT
-
- Sp.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- So.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- REA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- RPO
-
- NRA
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NOP
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- SAR
-
- 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.
- NSA
-
- POR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- ITA
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- RPM
-
- PRA
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Pa.
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- 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:
- pm.
-
- Pr.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- PTO
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- 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.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- RNA
-
- 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.
- OPM
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- OPA
-
- ROP
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ot-
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- ROA
-
- PIO
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- MIT
-
- MEP
-
- SPR
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MNA
-
- spt
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- MOI
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Sr.
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- STM
-
- Re.
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- STI
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMA
-
- Mao
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- MOR
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ne-
-
- MTS
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PSA
-
- MPA
-
- NEA
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- 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).
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MTP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MTO
-
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- RPS
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- SMA
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AO
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- 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.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- SN
-
- MN
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IP
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- MP
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- NP
-
- NM
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SM
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TP
-
- RO
-
- RP
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- TN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TM
-
- 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.).
- OA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- R.
-