Anagrams of patroness
Word patroness has
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- transpose
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noun,
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
- personas
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noun,
a person.
- 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.
- posterns
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- espartos
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- treasons
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Responsa
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noun,
the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- pasterns
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- transp.
-
- stearo-
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- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sapotes
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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.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- arseno-
-
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- senoras
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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.
- pastose
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adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- pasters
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- soapers
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noun,
soap opera.
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- antero-
-
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- prostas
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noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- sterno-
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- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- setons
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sonars
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noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- snares
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- estops
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- snorts
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noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- Soares
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noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stones
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Spears
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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.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stenos
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noun,
a stenographer.
- steno-
-
- Nasser
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noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- paeons
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noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- stapes
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noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- spares
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- sprats
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noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sports
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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.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- speans
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verb (used with object),
to wean.
- sparse
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adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- serosa
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noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- panto-
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- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- sarsen
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- sapro-
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- sapote
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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.
- sapors
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noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Santos
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noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- potass
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noun,
potash.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- petro-
-
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- ptero-
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- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- roasts
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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.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pantos
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noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parses
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parton
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- paseos
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noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Passer
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noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- senors
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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.
- pastes
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noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Senora
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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.
- patens
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- patron
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noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Season
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noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- penta-
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- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Saseno
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noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- tarpon
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- assent
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noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- entrap
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- tronas
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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.
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- assert
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- enrapt
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adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- aeron.
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- tarso-
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- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tensas
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noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- aspens
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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.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- trans.
-
- torses
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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.
- Aspers
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noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- arsen-
-
- trepan
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- arpent
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- astron
-
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- astro-
-
- arsons
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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.
- tropes
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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.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- peart
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adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
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noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Aesop
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noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- ASPEN
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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.
- 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.
- arson
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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.
- peans
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noun,
paean.
- patr-
-
- Paten
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- seats
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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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- topes
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noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- pass.
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- asst.
-
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- pant-
-
- Astor
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noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- part.
-
- assn.
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- 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.
- Prot.
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- 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).
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- 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.
- Port.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- post-
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- treas
-
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sans.
-
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- prae-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- ante-
-
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- 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):
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pros.
-
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- astr.
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- pert.
-
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- pron.
-
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- 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.
- peta-
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- 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.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- pret.
-
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- poet.
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Sept.
-
- sero-
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- 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.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- nests
-
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.
- Srta.
-
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- rept.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- tears
-
- 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.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- 30-30
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- step-
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ento-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- 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.
- naso-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- resp.
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- OPers
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- 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.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tera-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- 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.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- oste-
-
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snaps
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- aero-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- 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.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- teno-
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- span-
-
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- tron
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tRNA
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- RONA
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- 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.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- str.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- rpt.
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- SASE
-
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- top-
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sepn
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Rep.
-
- 1080
-
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Ont.
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- apts
-
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.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- 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.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- 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.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASSR
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ens.
-
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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.”.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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:
- ator
-
- 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.
- ates
-
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pnea
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 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):
- Pers
-
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- pre-
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Pen.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- per.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- PSE
-
- PSS
-
- en-
-
- 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.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- TSP
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- 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.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- 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.
- EPS
-
- Ep.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- RPO
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- STP
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ERP
-
- EPA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- PSA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- ap-
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TSE
-
- an.
-
- trp
-
- tr.
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- ae.
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tra
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- REA
-
- Tro
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- APS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- RNA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- eo-
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- aor
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- ROP
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Re.
-
- at.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ast
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- RPS
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
-
- ROA
-
- Rs.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Ar.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- TSS
-
- ETO
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- SAR
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- RSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- POA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NPR
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- 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.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- 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).
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- Pa.
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Npt
-
- NSA
-
- POR
-
- ne-
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- 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:
- SAE
-
- NES
-
- Sp.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- So.
-
- NEA
-
- RTS
-
- SSN
-
- rte
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- RSE
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- SSR
-
- SRO
-
- SSE
-
- Sr.
-
- PRA
-
- SSA
-
- SPR
-
- NOP
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SRS
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ss.
-
- 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.
- R.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
-
- RP
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NP
-
- AO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- T1
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- t.
-
- SN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- RN
-
- OA
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TP
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- N.
-