Anagrams of pensionaries
Word pensionaries has
1008 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pensionaries.
- parisienne
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noun,
a girl or woman who is a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- spinneries
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noun,
a spinning mill.
- Spenserian
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noun,
an imitator of Spenser.
- pensioners
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noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- passerine
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adjective,
of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- aspersion
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noun,
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander:
- sirenians
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- Neisseria
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noun,
any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- isoprenes
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- pensioner
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noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- pensions
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- ensnares
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Sorensen
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noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- panniers
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- pineries
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- aspirins
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- response
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- Responsa
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noun,
the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- personas
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noun,
a person.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- persians
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- sirenian
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noun,
an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- insnares
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sinapine
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noun,
an alkaloid, C 16 H 25 NO 5 , found in the seeds of the black mustard.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- saponins
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noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- serapes
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- aspirin
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- aspires
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- asinine
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adjective,
foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid:
- asperse
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verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- pannier
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noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- pannose
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adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- pansies
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noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- soapers
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noun,
soap opera.
- senoras
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- oneness
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noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- sinopis
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noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- snap-on
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adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- nasions
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Essonne
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noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- openers
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- siennas
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- isospin
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noun,
isotopic spin.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- Serpens
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noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- saponin
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noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- penises
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- inspans
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verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- Spenser
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noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- poesies
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noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- raisins
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Prissie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- pissoir
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noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- pinenes
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noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- pinions
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noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- poiesis
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- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- peonies
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- spanner
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noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- arseno-
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- Passion
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noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- pension
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- sprains
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sarsen
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Season
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noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- niseis
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noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nasion
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Nasser
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noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Pisano
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noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- sapors
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noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Sarnen
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- sapro-
-
- sarees
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noun,
sari.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Saseno
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noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- Nepean
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noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Ionian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian2 (def 2), Dorian1 (def 2).
- sennas
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noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- sepias
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Senora
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Sennar
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noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Nissan
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noun,
Nisan.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- serape
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- seisin
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noun,
seizin.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Passer
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noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Panini
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noun,
flourished c400 b.c, Indian grammarian of Sanskrit.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Ossian
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noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Persia
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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.
- reopen
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- Osiris
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noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- Peoria
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noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pannes
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noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- pennis
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- Pennie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- rapine
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- peasen
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noun,
a plural of pease.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Parsee
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noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parses
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parson
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noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- pinons
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noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- pinner
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- pinnas
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noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- paseos
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noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pinion
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Noreen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- norias
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- pinene
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noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- Pieria
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noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- raises
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- raisin
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opsins
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- paeons
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noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Nerine
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noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- inspan
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verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- sneers
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noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- aspire
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- sonars
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noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- easier
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noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- spiro-
-
- aeron.
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- 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.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aniso-
-
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- speers
-
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.
- Spears
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- 30-30
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- reni-
-
- pene-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- span-
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- Penn.
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- areo-
-
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- pari-
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pass.
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- insep
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pron.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pros.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- prae-
-
- Pres.
-
- insp.
-
- poss.
-
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- spor-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- 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.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- 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.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- anis-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- spies
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- anon.
-
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- assn.
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- snaps
-
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nears
-
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Sans.
-
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- nona-
-
- Epis.
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- opsis
-
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- resp.
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sero-
-
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- naso-
-
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Sino-
-
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- OPers
-
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- nano-
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sra.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- prin
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pro-
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- SASE
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- prs.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- 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.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rep.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- psia
-
- Soni
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- sepn
-
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- RONA
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- 1080
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- epi-
-
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- 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).
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nos-
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- opia
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- asis
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- ISSN
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- iso-
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- inae
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- INRI
-
- eso-
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- neo-
-
- ESIS
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- pre-
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- ins.
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- AISI
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Pers
-
- per.
-
- Aire
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ann.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ano-
-
- pnea
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- aer-
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pan.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- Apr.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- 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.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- apo-
-
- ARIS
-
- ANSI
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- osis
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- ap-
-
- ese
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ss.
-
- APS
-
- ASI
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ase
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SSN
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ine
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- ARS
-
- SSA
-
- SSI
-
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- 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.
- Ia.
-
- ESA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SSE
-
- Sr.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SPS
-
- EPA
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPS
-
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- aor
-
- Ep.
-
- ea.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EEO
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- eir
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- ean
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- an.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Ar.
-
- SPR
-
- ae.
-
- ASN
-
- ERP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- 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.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- 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.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- eo-
-
- ASR
-
- NEA
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ons
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- ONR
-
- prn
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- RNA
-
- OIr
-
- ROA
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OAS
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ior
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAP
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- op.
-
- Re.
-
- PRA
-
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PIO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PSS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RPS
-
- 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.
- 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:
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- REA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- OSA
-
- SSR
-
- ROP
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SAR
-
- NIA
-
- NES
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ne-
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ISR
-
- NNE
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- 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.
- IRO
-
- 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).
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SRO
-
- RSA
-
- RPO
-
- NNP
-
- NPR
-
- RSE
-
- nr.
-
- RSS
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- SAE
-
- NSA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Rs.
-
- NOP
-
- NRA
-
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OA
-
- RP
-
- IP
-
- O.
-
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RO
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SA
-
- RI
-
- S.
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- i.
-
- RN
-
- ee
-