Anagrams of pectorals
Word pectorals has
1119 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pectorals.
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- polecats
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spectro-
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- parclose
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noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- caltrops
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- cerato-
-
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- 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.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- caltrop
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- talcose
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adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- astrol.
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- polecat
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noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- petrol.
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- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- placets
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- stearo-
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- 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.
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- caplets
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- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- sclero-
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- Carpet
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cleats
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noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Castro
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noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- carpo-
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- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Castor
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noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- cartel
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- carpos
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noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- cerat-
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- Castle
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noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Casper
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noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- oracle
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noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- ptero-
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- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Caster
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noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- claret
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- cartop
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adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- celto-
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- claros
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noun,
such a cigar.
- cartes
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noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- placer
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- lacto-
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- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- sacro-
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- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- crates
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noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- 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.
- sapro-
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- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- sarco-
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- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- COSTAR
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noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- scaler
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- scrota
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noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- scrape
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- scato-
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- eclats
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noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- epacts
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noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- scler-
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- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- closet
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- lepto-
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- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- coaler
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- recast
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noun,
a recasting.
- coapts
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verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coarse
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adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Coates
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noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- locate
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- rectal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- carpel
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- colter
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- copals
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noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- solace
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noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- lector
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- copras
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noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- Solera
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noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- corals
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noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- rosace
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noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- rectos
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- caters
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verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- sclera
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- 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.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- tarso-
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- Carole
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noun,
a female given name.
- parols
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noun,
something stated or declared.
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- aslope
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adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- aspect
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noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- Parcel
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- astro-
-
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- tepals
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- 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.
- places
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noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- 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.
- placet
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noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- traces
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noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- petro-
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- aceto-
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- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Alecto
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noun,
one of the Furies.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- toecap
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- paleo-
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- parsec
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- capers
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noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Capote
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- postal
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- carets
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noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caplet
-
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Carlos
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noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- captor
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noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- orale
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noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Plato
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noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- salep
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- peats
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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.
- Pecos
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noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- lact-
-
- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- OSCAR
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noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- laces
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noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- peart
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adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- plats
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noun,
a plot of ground.
- rotas
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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.
- Pearl
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noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Pears
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noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- oste-
-
- resp.
-
- roast
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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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ropes
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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.
- poet.
-
- LASER
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noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- ploce
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noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- pleo-
-
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- prase
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- peals
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noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Lares
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- pleat
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- lapse
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- pelts
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noun,
the act of pelting.
- Salop
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noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- pert.
-
- orals
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noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- presa
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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
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noun,
a loan.
- scarp
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noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scart
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verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- scat-
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- sceat
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noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- prats
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noun,
the buttocks.
- scelp
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noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- epact
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noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- scare
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noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scalp
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noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Salto
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noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- sapor
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noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- sarc-
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- Plate
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Sarto
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noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Petra
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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.
- 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.
- plast
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- peta-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Port.
-
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- post-
-
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- pros.
-
- rcpt.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Parl.
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Prot.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- pale-
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rept.
-
- pret.
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- 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.
- 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.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- lect.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patr-
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- proc.
-
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- prae-
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- 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.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- OPers
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- part.
-
- Pres.
-
- cores
-
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- step-
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carp-
-
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- ster.
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clase
-
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- spor-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- cert.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Srta.
-
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- actos
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Alcor
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- aero-
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- acro-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- acpt.
-
- 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.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- acet-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- treas
-
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tera-
-
- astr.
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- areo-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Apoc.
-
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- alto-
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cero-
-
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- sero-
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corp.
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Corpl
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Sept.
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- ecol.
-
- colat
-
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Scot.
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- ecto-
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- 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.
- 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.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- coel-
-
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- spec.
-
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sect.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tel-
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rpt.
-
- 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.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- 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.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Pol.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sat.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ter.
-
- scr.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Sra.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rep.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- 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-
-
- Ste.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- prec
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- psec
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SPCA
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- pre-
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- str.
-
- pot.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 1080
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Col.
-
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- eso-
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- esp.
-
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- ates
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asc-
-
- est.
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- 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.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- apo-
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- art.
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- OAPC
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ELAS
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- clar
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Ceto
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- etc.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- clep
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- cap.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Lat.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Cor.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- 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.
-
- Pal.
-
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pers
-
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Cres
-
- ctr.
-
- pct.
-
- crat
-
- cts.
-
- 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.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Oct.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- OPer
-
- Cort
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- eco-
-
- alt.
-
- aer-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- aet.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ect-
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Alco
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- ole-
-
- CRP
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SPR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- SLE
-
- CLR
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- cle
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- CPS
-
- CPA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SLP
-
- Clo
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- SLR
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPL
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- PLA
-
- spt
-
- tlo
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- TLC
-
- ae.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- aor
-
- APC
-
- 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.
- Apl
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- APS
-
- AEC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TCS
-
- Tro
-
- TSP
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- ACP
-
- ACS
-
- 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.
- TCA
-
- Sr.
-
- cl.
-
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- STP
-
- ct.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- STL
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CEA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ca.
-
- ATP
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ase
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- CRT
-
- TAL
-
- CRS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- CSA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OAP
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- RPS
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- OCS
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LOC
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ltr
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- LSC
-
- RCA
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- OCR
-
- PSE
-
- 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.
- POC
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- POR
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- Pa.
-
- PLR
-
- PCS
-
- PLO
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PLC
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pl.
-
- pc.
-
- OTS
-
- PSC
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- PSA
-
- Ola
-
- OPA
-
- 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.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- PRA
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- PRC
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Les
-
- ROA
-
- Esc
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- sc.
-
- ESR
-
- SAR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ETS
-
- La.
-
- Ep.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- 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).
- eo-
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- SCP
-
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- Lt.
-
- 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.
- SAE
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- PTO
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- RTS
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ROP
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- LCA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- LCT
-
- rte
-
- RPO
-
- So.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- S.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- L2
-
- AO
-
- CE
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TP
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- LC
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- 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.
- L1
-
- le
-
- R.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SA
-
- O.
-
- ol
-
- SL
-
- TL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LR
-
- RO
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RP
-
- OA
-
- 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.
- TC
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- L.
-