Anagrams of peculiarities
Word peculiarities has
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- puerilities
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noun,
the state or quality of being a child.
- supercilia
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noun,
the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- literacies
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- replicates
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- ulcerates
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- spiculate
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adjective,
having the form of a spicule.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- euplastic
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adjective,
capable of being transformed into organized tissue.
- cauteries
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noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- periclase
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noun,
a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- spiritual
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noun,
a spiritual or religious song:
- spirituel
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adjective,
showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- peculates
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verb (used with or without object),
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
- replicate
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- reticules
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- praelects
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- cruelties
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noun,
the state or quality of being cruel.
- peculiars
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noun,
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- tailpiece
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noun,
a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
- prelacies
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- paucities
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noun,
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness:
- speculate
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verb (used without object),
to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- cutleries
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noun,
cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- Tuileries
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noun,
a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- piecrust
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noun,
the crust or shell of a pie.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- especial
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adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- prelects
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- replaces
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- leucites
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noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- pictures
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- epicures
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noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- causerie
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noun,
an informal talk or chat.
- captures
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- praelect
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- capelets
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calipees
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- pleasure
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noun,
the state or feeling of being pleased.
- Pulesati
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plural noun,
the ancient Assyrian name of the Philistines.
- purities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.:
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- lectures
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noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- celature
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noun,
the art of embossing metal.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- Reptilia
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noun,
the class comprising the reptiles.
- surplice
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noun,
a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- eucrites
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- specular
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adjective,
pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- Peiraeus
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noun,
Piraeus.
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- reticule
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- ulcerate
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- acuities
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noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- cuprites
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- peculate
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verb (used with or without object),
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- percales
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- particle
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noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- peculiar
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noun,
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- Pericles
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noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Seleucia
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noun,
an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Iapetus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- iatrics
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- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- spicule
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noun,
a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- spicula
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noun,
a spicule.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- curtals
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- precuts
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- cuprite
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- culprit
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noun,
a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.
- splicer
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noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- puerile
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adjective,
of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- curtail
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- scaleup
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- prelect
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Ipiales
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noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Spirula
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noun,
any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- spurtle
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- repulse
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noun,
the act of repelling.
- Eustace
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noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- episcia
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- replace
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- silici-
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- replica
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- Sicilia
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noun,
Italian name of Sicily.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- eluates
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noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- reputes
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- epicure
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noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- epeiric
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adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- epaulet
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noun,
an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
- electr-
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- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- eucrite
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- euclase
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noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- crustal
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adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- scruple
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- recluse
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noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Scutari
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noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- recusal
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noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- italics
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Script.
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- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pieties
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noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- leisure
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Pilatus
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noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- lecture
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noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Lautrec
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noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- superl.
-
- upscale
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- perusal
-
noun,
a reading:
- persalt
-
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.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- picture
-
noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- piculet
-
noun,
any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- leucite
-
noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- teacups
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- placers
-
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.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- upstair
-
noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
- parulis
-
noun,
gumboil.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- stipule
-
noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- Paulist
-
noun,
a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- calipee
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plicate
-
adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- caplets
-
- Pasture
-
noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- capsule
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- Pasteur
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- capture
-
noun,
the act of capturing.
- Capulet
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Juliet.
Compare Montague (def 1).
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- plaster
-
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.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- auspice
-
noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- uptears
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- Lucite
-
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- rupees
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- peruse
-
verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- Peleus
-
noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- elect.
-
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- patri-
-
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- placer
-
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.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- pituri
-
noun,
a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- pisci-
-
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pleura
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- pleur-
-
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pulsar
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- purees
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- piculs
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Lieut.
-
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- staple
-
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.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- caplet
-
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- austr-
-
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- super-
-
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- supra-
-
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- ultra-
-
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- tepals
-
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.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- septi-
-
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cupels
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- scler-
-
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sculpt
-
verb (used with or without object),
Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- sculp.
-
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- petri
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- petr-
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Piaui
-
noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- tele-
-
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tears
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- 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.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- 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.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- USLTA
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- patr-
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peta-
-
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scat-
-
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- pert.
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- treas
-
- peri-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- resp.
-
- 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.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- 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.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Seric
-
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rcpt.
-
- seti-
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- 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.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- rept.
-
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- 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.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Recit
-
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- recip
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- spec.
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- 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.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- recpt
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- plast
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- ster.
-
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- step-
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- sect.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- Supt.
-
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sarc-
-
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Pres.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Sept.
-
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- Prus.
-
- Srta.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- plur.
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- prae-
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- 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.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- caus.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- 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.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- 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.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cert.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- istic
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- astr.
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lact-
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- 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:
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 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.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Aust.
-
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Epis.
-
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Episc
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Epist
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Ecua.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- IATSE
-
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- 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.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- Icel.
-
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- 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.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- ESPEC
-
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- crit.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Ital.
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- licet
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- acpt.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- pale-
-
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- alti-
-
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- acet-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- leuc-
-
- 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.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- pari-
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- aeri-
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 30-30
-
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- lect.
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- part.
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Parl.
-
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aet.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- saur
-
- 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.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Cres
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- crat
-
- Aire
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- clep
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Rus.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- cur.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tues
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- 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.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- scr.
-
- scil
-
- 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.
- sci.
-
- uret
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- USRC
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- USIA
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- cule
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- USCA
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- ACLU
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- USTC
-
- aer-
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- uria
-
- sec.
-
- USAR
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 1080
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- aur-
-
- tel-
-
- Aus.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- aut-
-
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- cap.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Ste.
-
- ter.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Sra.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- 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.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- taur
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- 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.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- ates
-
- ARIS
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- atic
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- supr
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Apr.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- cit.
-
- SPCA
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- cir.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Alis
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- SLIC
-
- tri-
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- clar
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- 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.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- AISI
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- 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.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Cels
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- alt.
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- cet-
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- purs
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ile-
-
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- lip-
-
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- PERL
-
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Pers
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- lit.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- ical
-
- Pet.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Ice.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- itis
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- lea.
-
- prec
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- 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).
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lat.
-
- pre-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- psia
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- psec
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- PSAT
-
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- prs.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- per.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- etc.
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- epi-
-
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- RIIA
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- repl
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ect-
-
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- par.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- 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.
- pct.
-
- ELAS
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Rep.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- est.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rpt.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rit.
-
- esp.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pat.
-
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- pl.
-
- ASR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ap-
-
- UTC
-
- TAL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ar.
-
- PLA
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- lep
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Les
-
- ac-
-
- uti
-
- ast
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- USR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- al.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- ARU
-
- 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.
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ase
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- USC
-
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ASI
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- LCA
-
- PCI
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- USP
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- PCS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AUC
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- USA
-
- Pr.
-
- UAE
-
- UCR
-
- Ps.
-
- UIT
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- pt.
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UAR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TSP
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Pa.
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- pc.
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- ltr
-
- TSE
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- trp
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ult
-
- 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.
- ACP
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ur-
-
- Apl
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- APS
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ure
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- tra
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- tlr
-
- TLC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- AEC
-
- up-
-
- APC
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- UPC
-
- ae.
-
- UPI
-
- ALU
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Rs.
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- REA
-
- ial
-
- CLI
-
- Ia.
-
- ITU
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ea.
-
- ics
-
- CLR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- CLU
-
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- CPL
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- CPU
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- RCT
-
- IAS
-
- 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).
- ier
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- RPS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SAE
-
- il-
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SLE
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- SLA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- cle
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- ETR
-
- ESU
-
- Re.
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- EPT
-
- SCP
-
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- EPS
-
- EEC
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- sc.
-
- 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.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EIS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERP
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- ESR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ESL
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- CRP
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- se-
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- Sp.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- STP
-
- STL
-
- cr.
-
- PRA
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- CAI
-
- STI
-
- Lt.
-
- RTS
-
- RSA
-
- ec-
-
- La.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- IUS
-
- PRC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ite
-
- RCP
-
- cp.
-
- ca.
-
- Sta
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RSE
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ASU
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- PLC
-
- ATP
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- pli
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- 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).
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- rt.
-
- PLR
-
- rte
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ITC
-
- eir
-
- St.
-
- IPS
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ECA
-
- PUC
-
- IRC
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Ir.
-
- ipr
-
- CEA
-
- IPA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- CIP
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ITA
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ist
-
- Sr.
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- spt
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- PSA
-
- IRS
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- PSC
-
- SPR
-
- IRL
-
- SL
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- 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.
- RU
-
- EI
-
- RP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- ee
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- IP
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- PU
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L.
-
- LC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TC
-
- CE
-
- L1
-
- le
-
- L2
-
- SU
-
- t.
-
- R.
-
- RC
-
- CU
-
- 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.
- UL
-
- UI
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- RI
-
- ic
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LR
-
- T1
-
- TP
-
- TL
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.