Anagrams of pentachlorophenol
Word pentachlorophenol has
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- chlorophenol
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noun,
any of three isomers having the formula C 6 H 5 ClO, derived from chlorine and phenol, used chiefly as intermediates in the manufacture of dyes.
- ctenophoran
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noun,
ctenophore.
- plecopteran
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adjective,
Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- open-hearth
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
- thorn-apple
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noun,
any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- coleopteron
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noun,
a coleopterous insect; beetle.
- coleopteran
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noun,
a beetle.
- chlorphenol
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noun,
chlorophenol.
- propellent
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noun,
a propellant.
- allochthon
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noun,
a geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces.
Compare autochthon (def 3).
- Ctenophora
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noun,
the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cellophane
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noun,
a transparent, paperlike product of viscose, impervious to moisture, germs, etc., used to wrap and package food, tobacco, etc.
- collophore
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noun,
a ventral tubelike structure on the abdomen of a springtail.
- ctenophore
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noun,
any gelatinous marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora; a comb jelly.
- collophane
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noun,
a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- one-to-one
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adjective,
Also, one-one. (of the relationship between two or more groups of things) corresponding element by element.
- lophophore
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noun,
the ring of ciliated tentacles encircling the mouth of a bryozoan or phoronid.
- propellant
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noun,
a propelling agent.
- non-placet
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noun,
(especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- heptachlor
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noun,
a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- anthophore
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noun,
a form of floral stalk, produced by the elongation of the internode between the calyx and the corolla, and bearing the corolla, stamens, and pistil.
- encephalon
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noun,
Anatomy. the brain.
- encephalo-
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- Coleoptera
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noun,
the order comprising the beetles.
- anthropol.
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- can-opener
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noun,
a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- photophore
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noun,
a luminous organ found in certain fishes and crustaceans.
- tocopherol
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noun,
one of several alcohols that constitute the dietary factor known as vitamin E, occurring in wheat-germ oil, lettuce or spinach leaves, egg yolk, etc.
- Hartlepool
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noun,
a seaport city in NE England.
- orthopnea
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noun,
difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- proponent
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noun,
a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
- allotrope
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noun,
one of two or more existing forms of an element:
- Charleton
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noun,
a male given name.
- allophone
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noun,
any of the members of a class of speech sounds that, taken together, are commonly felt to be a phoneme, as the t- sounds of toe, stow, tree, hatpin, catcall, cats, catnip, button, metal, city; a speech sound constituting one of the phonetic manifestations or variants of a particular phoneme.
- percolate
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noun,
a percolated liquid.
- chaperone
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- naphthene
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noun,
any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- notepaper
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noun,
writing paper, especially that used in writing notes or personal correspondence and usually less than 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size.
- phanotron
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noun,
a hot-cathode gas diode.
- photocell
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noun,
a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- tolerance
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noun,
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- anthropo-
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- Pocatello
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noun,
a city in SE Idaho.
- alpenhorn
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noun,
a long, powerful horn of wood or bark, with a cupped mouthpiece and a curved bell at opposite ends, used by Swiss herders and mountaineers.
- olecranon
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noun,
the part of the ulna beyond the elbow joint.
- anteporch
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noun,
an outer porch.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- holophote
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noun,
an apparatus by which practically all the light from a lighthouse lamp or the like is thrown in a desired direction.
- portolano
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noun,
a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- open-plan
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noun,
a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
- optophone
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noun,
an electronic device that scans ordinary printed characters and produces combinations of sounds, enabling a blind reader to recognize the characters.
- tracheole
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noun,
any of the smallest branches of an insect trachea.
- phenolate
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noun,
Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- Holophane
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- enchanter
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noun,
a person who enchants or delights.
- heptanone
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noun,
any of three isomeric ketones, C 11 H 14 O, derived from heptane.
- coeternal
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adjective,
existing with another eternally.
- paleontol
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- corollate
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adjective,
having a corolla.
- electoral
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adjective,
pertaining to electors or election.
- aerophoto
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noun,
aerial photograph.
- aerophone
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noun,
any musical wind instrument.
- encephal-
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- Parthenon
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noun,
the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- cooperate
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verb (used without object),
to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- enhancer
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noun,
a person or thing that enhances.
- enclothe
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verb (used with object),
clothe (def 3).
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- thoraco-
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- poncelet
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noun,
Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
- poltroon
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noun,
a wretched coward; craven.
- cornhole
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verb (used with object),
to have anal intercourse with.
- corelate
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- enthrall
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verb (used with object),
to captivate or charm:
- loophole
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noun,
a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- copperah
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noun,
copra.
- Tarnopol
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noun,
Ternopol.
- plethora
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noun,
overabundance; excess:
- naphthol
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noun,
either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 10 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- no-hoper
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noun,
a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- earphone
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noun,
a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- rotenone
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- roll-top
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noun,
a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
- nonpolar
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adjective,
containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
- electro-
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- planchet
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noun,
a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- Napoleon
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noun,
a pastry consisting of thin layers of puff paste interlaid with a cream or custard filling.
- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- Caerleon
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noun,
a town in Gwent, in SE Wales: site of ancient Roman fortress, a supposed seat of King Arthur's court.
- elephant
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noun,
either of two large, five-toed pachyderms of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long, prehensile trunk formed of the nose and upper lip, including Loxodonta africana (African elephant) with enormous flapping ears, two fingerlike projections at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks, and Elephas maximus (Indian elephant) with smaller ears, one projection at the end of the trunk, and ivory tusks almost exclusively in males: L. africana is threatened; E. maximus is endangered.
- plectron
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noun,
plectrum.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- Rochelle
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noun,
La. La Rochelle.
- Theorell
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noun,
Axel Hugo Teodor [ahk-suh l hoo-goh te-oh-dawr] /ˈɑk səl ˈhu goʊ ˈtɛ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1903–82, Swedish biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1955.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- Appleton
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noun,
Sir Edward Victor, 1892–1965, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1947.
- chaperon
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noun,
a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chaptrel
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noun,
a capital, as on a pilaster or vaulting shaft, engaged in masonry on one or more sides.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- Charente
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noun,
a department in W France. 2306 sq. mi. (5975 sq. km). Capital: Angoulême.
- colorant
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noun,
something used as a coloring matter; pigment; dye.
- Colophon
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noun,
a publisher's or printer's distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works.
- collaret
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noun,
a small ornamental collar of fur, lace, or other material, worn by women.
- relocate
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- Charlton
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noun,
a male given name.
- hot-roll
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verb (used with object),
to roll (metal) at a heat high enough to permit recrystallization.
- Chephren
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noun,
Khafre.
- hapteron
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noun,
a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- coherent
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adjective,
logically connected; consistent:
- chlorate
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noun,
a salt of chloric acid.
- Holocene
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noun,
recent (def 5).
- lancelet
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noun,
any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- Lancelot
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noun,
Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- enthrone
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verb (used with object),
to place on or as on a throne.
- praelect
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- porthole
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noun,
a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light.
Compare port4 (def 1).
- protocol
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noun,
the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- Cathleen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Catherine.
- potholer
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noun,
an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- entrelac
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noun,
a decorative border of interlaced garlands and leaves.
- entrench
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verb (used with object),
to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly:
- cellaret
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noun,
a compartment, cabinet, or stand fitted for wine bottles.
- cenotaph
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noun,
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
- Ternopol
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noun,
a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- leathern
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adjective,
made of leather.
- ethephon
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noun,
a solid compound, C 2 H 6 ClO 3 P, used as a growth regulator to accelerate the ripening of tomatoes, citrus fruit, apples, and other crops.
- cephalo-
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- cephalon
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noun,
the head, especially of an arthropod.
- lanthorn
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noun,
lantern.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- ethnarch
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noun,
the ruler of a people, tribe, or nation.
- Charlene
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noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Chellean
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adjective,
Abbevillian.
- pahoehoe
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noun,
basaltic lava having a smooth or billowy surface.
- allecret
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noun,
a half suit of light plate armor.
- tracheo-
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- opponent
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noun,
a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- top-hole
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adjective,
first-rate.
- pectoral
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- petronel
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- trochlea
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noun,
a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- pentacle
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noun,
pentagram.
- Trollope
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noun,
Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
- oenochoe
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noun,
oinochoe.
- peroneal
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- antelope
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noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- appellor
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noun,
a person who prosecutes in an appellate proceeding.
- penoncel
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noun,
pennoncel.
- Pantheon
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noun,
a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- anchoret
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noun,
anchorite.
- anthrop.
-
- penchant
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noun,
a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something:
- Phaethon
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noun,
a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- anethole
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- peptone
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noun,
any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
- pronota
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noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- chaplet
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noun,
a wreath or garland for the head.
- chanter
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noun,
a person who chants; singer.
- preheat
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- chapter
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noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- Allport
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noun,
Gordon W(illard) 1897–1967, U.S. psychologist and educator.
- coolant
-
noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- Charlot
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noun,
Jean [jeen;; French zhahn] /dʒin;; French ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1898–1979, U.S. painter, lithographer, and illustrator; born in France and active in Mexico.
- charnel
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noun,
a repository for dead bodies.
- propane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- ethanol
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noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- propene
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noun,
propylene (def 2).
- cheapen
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verb (used with object),
to make cheap or cheaper.
- pentane
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noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- technol
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- Channel
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noun,
the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- Copehan
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noun,
Wintun.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- centner
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noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- precept
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noun,
a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- centro-
-
- tranche
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noun,
Finance.
one part or division of a larger unit, as of an asset pool or investment:
a group of securities that share a certain characteristic and form part of a larger offering:
- cephal-
-
- percept
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noun,
the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
- althorn
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- prelect
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- Laennec
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noun,
René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- techno-
-
- cerato-
-
- epochal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of an epoch.
- Laocoon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- replace
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- alphorn
-
noun,
alpenhorn.
- procto-
-
- control
-
noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- chalone
-
noun,
an endocrine secretion that depresses or inhibits physiological activity.
- Prophet
-
noun,
a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- ethnol.
-
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- alcohol
-
noun,
Also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol. a colorless, limpid, volatile, flammable, water-miscible liquid, C 2 H 5 OH, having an etherlike odor and pungent, burning taste, the intoxicating principle of fermented liquors, produced by yeast fermentation of certain carbohydrates, as grains, molasses, starch, or sugar, or obtained synthetically by hydration of ethylene or as a by-product of certain hydrocarbon syntheses: used chiefly as a solvent in the extraction of specific substances, in beverages, medicines, organic synthesis, lotions, tonics, colognes, rubbing compounds, as an automobile radiator antifreeze, and as a rocket fuel.
Compare denatured alcohol, methyl alcohol.
- Clapper
-
noun,
a person who applauds.
- Clapton
-
noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- hetero-
-
- haplont
-
noun,
the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- cleaner
-
noun,
a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- Colleen
-
noun,
an Irish girl.
- Othello
-
noun,
a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.
- heptane
-
noun,
any of nine isomeric hydrocarbons, C 7 H 16 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used in fuels as solvents, and as chemical intermediates.
- collate
-
verb (used with object),
to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.).
- collat.
-
- hepato-
-
- hencoop
-
noun,
a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- chronol
-
- peloton
-
noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- hellcat
-
noun,
a bad-tempered, spiteful, woman; shrew.
- rathole
-
noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- penance
-
noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- heeltap
-
noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- telpher
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- harpoon
-
noun,
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- hatchel
-
noun,
hackle1 (def 5).
- Heather
-
noun,
any of various heaths, especially Calluna vulgaris, of England and Scotland, having small, pinkish-purple flowers.
- heathen
-
noun,
(in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- hearten
-
verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- chronon
-
noun,
a hypothetical unit of time, taken as a ratio between the diameter of the electron and the velocity of light, equivalent to approximately 10− 24 second.
- chrono-
-
- contra-
-
- chloro-
-
- propone
-
verb (used with object),
to suggest for consideration; propose.
- cheetah
-
noun,
a cat, Acinonyx jubatus, of southwestern Asia and Africa, resembling a leopard but having certain doglike characteristics, often trained for hunting deer, antelope, etc.: an endangered species.
- opercle
-
noun,
an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- chelate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- Lonnrot
-
noun,
Elias [e-lyahs] /ˈɛ lyɑs/ (Show IPA), 1802–84, Finnish scholar and editor.
- Hornell
-
noun,
a city in S New York.
- Pennell
-
noun,
Joseph, 1860–1926, U.S. etcher, illustrator, and writer.
- cheroot
-
noun,
a cigar having open, untapered ends.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- hoptree
-
noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- chloral
-
noun,
Also called trichloroacetaldehyde, trichloroacetic acid aldehyde. a colorless, oily liquid, C 2 Cl 3 HO, having a pungent odor, usually derived by the chlorination of ethyl alcohol or of acetaldehyde and combining with water to form chloral hydrate.
- Alencon
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
- ortolan
-
noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- colonel
-
noun,
an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- trachle
-
noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- cholate
-
noun,
the salt form of cholic acid.
- cholent
-
noun,
a stewed or baked dish, especially of meat and beans, served on the Sabbath but cooked the day before or overnight over a slow fire.
- cholera
-
noun,
Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathology. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
- Teheran
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- honoree
-
noun,
a person who receives an honor, award, or special recognition.
- chopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that chops.
- chorale
-
noun,
a hymn, especially one with strong harmonization:
- Halpern
-
noun,
Daniel, born 1945, U.S. poet and editor.
- chorten
-
noun,
(in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
- chortle
-
noun,
a gleeful chuckle.
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- leather
-
noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- precool
-
verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- poacher
-
noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- phreno-
-
- trollop
-
noun,
an immoral or promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- petrol.
-
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- naphth-
-
- echelon
-
noun,
a level of command, authority, or rank:
Synonyms: place, rank, hierarchy, authority, grade, office; row, tier, rung; social standing, position, class, standing.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- nacelle
-
noun,
the enclosed part of an airplane, dirigible, etc., in which the engine is housed or in which cargo or passengers are carried.
- polecat
-
noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- enchant
-
verb (used with object),
to subject to magical influence; bewitch:
- polenta
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- Acheron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
- coronal
-
noun,
a crown; coronet.
- tropho-
-
- enhance
-
verb (used with object),
to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify:
- pollera
-
noun,
a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- Corolla
-
noun,
the inner envelope of floral leaves of a flower, usually of delicate texture and of some color other than green; the petals considered collectively.
- echappe
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.
- one-one
-
adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- pontoon
-
noun,
Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
- taphole
-
noun,
a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- toheroa
-
noun,
a large marine clam, Amphidesma ventricosum, of waters near New Zealand.
- planner
-
noun,
a person who plans.
- electr-
-
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- nephron
-
noun,
the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- plancer
-
noun,
the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- nephro-
-
- phaeton
-
noun,
any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- parolee
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- pathol.
-
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nonhero
-
noun,
antihero.
- Elpenor
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- platoon
-
noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- apocope
-
noun,
loss or omission of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
- Parnell
-
noun,
Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- caltrop
-
noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- phrenol
-
- acetone
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- thereon
-
adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- antero-
-
- Another
-
pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- enthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- cartoon
-
noun,
a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- ocellar
-
adjective,
pertaining to an ocellus.
- Leonora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- potheen
-
noun,
poteen.
- entero-
-
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- Celaeno
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- pothole
-
noun,
a deep hole; pit.
- phonate
-
verb (used with or without object),
Phonetics. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action.
- Coppola
-
noun,
Francis Ford, born 1939, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Pechora
-
noun,
a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- trochal
-
adjective,
resembling a wheel.
- patroon
-
noun,
a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- phonol.
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- Panther
-
noun,
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- perpent
-
noun,
perpend1 .
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- carpool
-
noun,
Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- Locarno
-
noun,
a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- enplane
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- Carleen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- locator
-
noun,
a person who locates something.
- phorate
-
noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- Cornell
-
noun,
Ezra, 1809–74, U.S. capitalist and philanthropist.
- ootheca
-
noun,
a case or capsule containing eggs, as that of certain gastropods and insects.
- Perchta
-
noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- popcorn
-
noun,
any of several varieties of corn whose kernels burst open and puff out when subjected to dry heat.
- Carlton
-
noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Hathor
-
noun,
the goddess of love and joy, often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- hapten
-
noun,
a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- elect.
-
- Pellan
-
noun,
Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- Pellet
-
noun,
a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- tacho-
-
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- happen
-
verb (used without object),
to take place; come to pass; occur:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- haplo-
-
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- patho-
-
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- palolo
-
noun,
palolo worm.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- panto-
-
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- eroto-
-
- pallor
-
noun,
unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- enter-
-
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- peahen
-
noun,
the female peafowl.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- enhalo
-
verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- ethno-
-
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- pallet
-
noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- paleo-
-
- halloo
-
interjection, noun,
hallo.
- Haller
-
noun,
Albrecht von [German ahl-brekht fuh n] /German ˈɑl brɛxt fən/ (Show IPA), 1708–77, Swiss physiologist, botanist, and writer.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- parpen
-
noun,
perpend1 .
- paleon
-
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- phenol
-
noun,
Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- napper
-
noun,
a textile worker who naps cloth.
- petro-
-
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- pollee
-
noun,
a person who is asked questions in a poll.
- Pollen
-
noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- Ponape
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- poncho
-
noun,
a blanketlike cloak with a hole in the center to admit the head, originating in South America, now often worn as a raincoat.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lops.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- poplar
-
noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- locale
-
noun,
a place or locality, especially with reference to events or circumstances connected with it:
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- Lepcha
-
noun,
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- lepto-
-
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lethal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal:
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- narco-
-
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- Photon
-
noun,
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation, usually considered as an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of one. Symbol: γ.
- ochone
-
interjection,
ohone.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- phren.
-
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- 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.
- photo-
-
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- phonon
-
noun,
a quantum of sound or vibratory elastic energy, being the analogue of a photon of electromagnetic energy.
- phono-
-
- phonet
-
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- plench
-
noun,
a tool combining pliers and wrench: used especially by astronauts.
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- necro-
-
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- Neenah
-
noun,
a city in E Wisconsin.
- pleach
-
verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- nephr-
-
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plano-
-
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- holler
-
noun,
a loud cry used to express pain or surprise, to attract attention, to call for help, etc.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- rappee
-
noun,
a strong snuff made from dark, rank tobacco leaves.
- rancho
-
noun,
a ranch.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Otello
-
noun,
an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
- rappen
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- holpen
-
verb,
a past participle of help.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- honcho
-
noun,
a leader, especially an assertive leader; chief.
- ptero-
-
- Honora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rappel
-
noun,
(in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- penche
-
adjective,
performed or executed while leaning forward.
- Hooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or puts hoops on barrels, tubs, etc.; a cooper.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- health
-
noun,
the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- hearth
-
noun,
the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- hecto-
-
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- hepta-
-
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- Heller
-
noun,
a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
- Helper
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- Henoch
-
noun,
Enoch (defs 1, 2).
- hepat-
-
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hoo-ha
-
noun,
an uproarious commotion.
- hoopla
-
noun,
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- lapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that laps liquid.
- lacto-
-
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- lappet
-
noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- laptop
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- Oporto
-
noun,
a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- people
-
noun,
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general:
- penta-
-
- hoopoe
-
noun,
any Old World bird of the family Upupidae, especially Upupa epops, of Europe, having an erectile, fanlike crest.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- hooter
-
noun,
a person or thing that hoots.
- Hooton
-
noun,
Earnest Albert [ur-nist] /ˈɜr nɪst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1954, U.S. anthropologist and writer.
- proto-
-
- pheno-
-
- hopple
-
verb (used with object),
to hobble; tether.
- ortho-
-
- propel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward:
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- horol.
-
- Horton
-
noun,
a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- hotcha
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of approval or delight, now often used facetiously.)
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Hopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that hops.
- planch
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- cteno-
-
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- archt.
-
- Telloh
-
noun,
a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Clotho
-
noun,
the Fate who spins the thread of life.
- clothe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- archon
-
noun,
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- thrall
-
noun,
a person who is in bondage; slave.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- cahoot
-
Idioms,
go cahoots, to share equally; become partners:
Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- Chron.
-
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- coolth
-
noun,
coolness.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- contr.
-
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- antho-
-
- anthol
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- thence
-
adverb,
from that place:
- Apollo
-
noun,
the ancient Greek and Roman god of light, healing, music, poetry, prophecy, and manly beauty; the son of Leto and brother of Artemis.
- collop
-
noun,
a small slice of meat, especially a small rasher of bacon.
- collo-
-
- collet
-
noun,
a collar or enclosing band.
- Collar
-
noun,
the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
- colent
-
- teleo-
-
- teleph
-
- cohort
-
noun,
a group or company:
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- coeno-
-
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- callop
-
noun,
golden perch.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Thallo
-
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- 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-
-
- carhop
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- capper
-
noun,
a person or thing that caps.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- carpo-
-
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- celto-
-
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- theol.
-
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- Callot
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1592?–1635, French engraver and etcher.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- choral
-
noun,
chorale.
- thoron
-
noun,
a radioactive isotope of radon, produced by the disintegration of thorium. Symbol: Tn; atomic weight: 220; atomic number: 86.
- choora
-
noun,
an Indian dagger having a sharply pointed, single-edged blade.
- Cholon
-
noun,
a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City, in S Vietnam.
- cholla
-
noun,
any of several spiny treelike cacti belonging to the genus Opuntia, especially O. fulgida of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having knobby outgrowths and yellow spines.
- choler
-
noun,
irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
- cholee
-
noun,
choli.
- chole-
-
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- chlor-
-
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- Chanel
-
noun,
Gabrielle [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), ("Coco") 1882–1971, French fashion designer.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Chelan
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N central Washington, in the Cascade Range: one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the U.S. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- cheapo
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- chaton
-
noun,
Also called chaton foil. an imitation gem of paste that has its pavilion backed with metal foil or silver to reflect light.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- Charon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the ferryman who conveyed the souls of the dead across the Styx.
- chappe
-
noun,
schappe silk.
- caplet
-
- Chapel
-
noun,
a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- topple
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- troph-
-
- corona
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- copper
-
noun,
a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color: used in large quantities as an electrical conductor and in the manufacture of alloys, as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic weight: 63.54; atomic number: 29; specific gravity: 8.92 at 20°C.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- achene
-
noun,
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
- trench
-
noun,
Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Aleppo
-
noun,
a city in NW Syria.
- coroll
-
- aceto-
-
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- copro-
-
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- tapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
- ahchoo
-
interjection,
(used to represent the sound of a person sneezing.)
- troppo
-
adverb,
too much; excessively.
- tropo-
-
- anchor
-
noun,
any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- aeron.
-
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- pant-
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- poet.
-
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- nacho
-
noun,
a snack or appetizer consisting of a small piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc., and broiled.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- acpt.
-
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- nano-
-
- poach
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- aero-
-
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Necho
-
noun,
Prince of Sais and Prince of Memphis, flourished 633? b.c, chief of the Egyptian delta lords (father of Psamtik I).
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pale-
-
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- pleo-
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- troch
-
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- natl.
-
- natch
-
adverb,
of course; naturally.
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Cant.
-
- nappe
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Papen
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- loach
-
noun,
any of several slender European and Asian fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families, having several barbels around the mouth.
- Port.
-
- carp-
-
- path-
-
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- theo-
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Cath.
-
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- 30-30
-
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- patr-
-
- theor
-
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- local
-
noun,
a local train, bus, etc.
- trop-
-
- achoo
-
interjection,
ahchoo.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Capt.
-
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- Parl.
-
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acet-
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- loche
-
noun,
the North American burbot.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Poopo
-
noun,
a lake in SW Bolivia, in the Andes. 60 miles (95 km) long; 12,000 feet (3660 meters) above sea level.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- part.
-
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- pooch
-
noun,
a dog.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Apoc.
-
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- 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.
- topo-
-
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- octo-
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Ochoa
-
noun,
Severo [suh-vair-oh;; Spanish se-ve-raw] /səˈvɛər oʊ;; Spanish sɛˈvɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orch.
-
- phane
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- Appel
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Phene
-
noun,
any characteristic of an individual organism that is genetically determined.
- Apple
-
noun,
the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- ohone
-
interjection,
alas!
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- 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).
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- annot
-
- 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.
- pert.
-
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- onto-
-
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- anon.
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- ante-
-
- peta-
-
- onco-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- oleo-
-
- anth-
-
- alto-
-
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- opto-
-
- petr-
-
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- pheon
-
noun,
a charge representing an arrowhead with widely spread barbs.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Penn.
-
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- nona-
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- plan-
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- noct-
-
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- pene-
-
- Neth.
-
- plat.
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- allo-
-
- phot.
-
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- Orlon
-
- phon.
-
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- tono-
-
- phone
-
noun,
telephone (def 1).
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Arch.
-
- phore
-
- noto-
-
- arche
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- areo-
-
- Orth.
-
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Arnel
-
- Alcor
-
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- Halle
-
noun,
Morris, born 1923, U.S. linguist, born in Latvia.
- hallo
-
noun,
the cry “hallo!”.
- halo-
-
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Hanno
-
noun,
Carthaginian statesman, fl. 3rd century b.c.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Colo.
-
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- coll.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- rect.
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coop.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Conn.
-
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- recpt
-
- tele-
-
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- Hench
-
noun,
Philip Showalter [shoh-awl-ter] /ˈʃoʊ ɔl tər/ (Show IPA), 1896–1965, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
- hello
-
noun,
the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- hence
-
adverb,
as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- henna
-
noun,
an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- Tench
-
noun,
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
- Tenn.
-
- 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).
- cloth
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- rcpt.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- Hatch
-
noun,
the act of hatching.
- colat
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Cohen
-
noun,
Morris Raphael, 1880–1947, U.S. philosopher and educator, born in Russia.
- Cohan
-
noun,
George M(ichael) 1878–1942, U.S. actor, playwright, and producer.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- coele
-
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- coel-
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Heath
-
noun,
a tract of open and uncultivated land; wasteland overgrown with shrubs.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Hecht
-
noun,
Also called bird dismount. a dismount, as from the horizontal bar, in which a gymnast releases the apparatus at the height of a backswing, sails forward with outstretched arms and legs, and lands upright on the feet.
- hect-
-
- telo-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- rept.
-
- teno-
-
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- 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.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ecto-
-
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- econ.
-
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- ento-
-
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- rhet.
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- tech.
-
- ephah
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about a bushel (35 liters).
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- copr-
-
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Corpl
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- corpn
-
- encl.
-
- corp.
-
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- Enoch
-
noun,
the father of Methuselah. Gen. 5:22.
- rhoea
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- proc.
-
- Thach
-
noun,
Edward, Teach, Edward.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- chant
-
noun,
a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- chap.
-
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- char-
-
- prop.
-
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- cero-
-
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- hotch
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to fidget or shiver.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- hort.
-
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- Prot.
-
- cert.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- tera-
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- potoo
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
- prae-
-
- Cello
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- lect.
-
- cent.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- prep.
-
- pret.
-
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- lact-
-
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Chola
-
noun,
a teenage girl who associates closely with a gang of cholos or is the girlfriend of a cholo.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Honor
-
noun,
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Hooch
-
noun,
alcoholic liquor.
- herp.
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- chopa
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- holo-
-
- holla
-
interjection,
(used as an informal greeting.)
- Honan
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Henan.
- rall.
-
- Hoppe
-
noun,
Willie (William Frederick) 1887–1959, U.S. billiards player.
- cheth
-
noun,
heth.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Chloe
-
noun,
the lover of Daphnis in a Greek pastoral romance.
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- ranch
-
noun,
an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Hopeh
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Hebei.
- chol-
-
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- tRNA
-
- 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):
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- 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.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- peep
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- phr.
-
- Pen.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- RONA
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- PPLO
-
- rpt.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- tanh
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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.
- the-
-
- 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.
- tron
-
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pot.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- pop-
-
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- repl
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- ter.
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pet.
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Pol.
-
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Poll
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- PERL
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rel.
-
- pnea
-
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- Rep.
-
- Phar
-
- perh
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pro-
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Pooh
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pooh.”.
- tchr
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- top-
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ten.
-
- Poop
-
noun,
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- tonn
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- per.
-
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- 1080
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- lea.
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lapp
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Chen
-
noun,
a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Chr.
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- clep
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- clar
-
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- hoot
-
noun,
the cry of an owl.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- cen.
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Chal
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- 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.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- EEOC
-
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- coho
-
noun,
coho salmon.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- Eth.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ctr.
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hahn
-
noun,
Otto, 1879–1968, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1944.
- hal-
-
- Hall
-
noun,
a corridor or passageway in a building.
- etc.
-
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- crat
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ect-
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- ELLE
-
- eco-
-
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- enl.
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eph.
-
- 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.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- hath
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Col.
-
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- hol-
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- HOLC
-
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- hoop
-
noun,
a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- HEAO
-
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Cort
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Cor.
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- her.
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Heth
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- cene
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- app.
-
- OEEC
-
- ance
-
- Oct.
-
- ann.
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- OAPC
-
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- aph-
-
- apo-
-
- appl
-
- alt.
-
- appt
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Apr.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- oto-
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- aet.
-
- ACTH
-
- opp.
-
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- ole-
-
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- OTOH
-
- Alco
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- all-
-
- Ont.
-
- 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-
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- NCTE
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- palp
-
noun,
a palpus.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neh.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- 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.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CAPP
-
noun,
Al (Alfred Gerald Caplin) 1909–79, U.S. comic-strip artist: creator of “Li'l Abner.”.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- 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.
- Nah.
-
- cap.
-
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Can.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Cal.
-
- pct.
-
- neo-
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- art.
-
- ator
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Pal.
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Neph
-
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- rt.
-
- ean
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ac-
-
- ROP
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Tro
-
- rte
-
- ae.
-
- EEC
-
- al.
-
- TRH
-
- RPO
-
- an.
-
- cte
-
- TAL
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- ACP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CTA
-
- ap-
-
- CRT
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- CRP
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ca.
-
- cle
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- 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.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- ATP
-
- th-
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- tlr
-
- Clo
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- ch.
-
- THC
-
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- cl.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEA
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- CLR
-
- AEC
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPL
-
- CPA
-
- AHE
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TCA
-
- AHL
-
- 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.
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- CNN
-
- Tpr
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TPN
-
- tph
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- aor
-
- APC
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apl
-
- CNO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- RCN
-
- EEO
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- POA
-
- PLR
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- PLO
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- PLC
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NHA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NHL
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- PLA
-
- 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.
- pl.
-
- NOP
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Npt
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- PPE
-
- PPC
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ll.
-
- POR
-
- LON
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPN
-
- LTA
-
- LTh
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- ppl
-
- Pa.
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- pc.
-
- OOT
-
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- OPA
-
- oon
-
- NRA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NRC
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Oc.
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PhL
-
- op.
-
- OTC
-
- OAO
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ooh
-
noun,
the exclamation “ooh.”.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- OCR
-
- PHA
-
- OEO
-
- oho
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to express surprise, taunting, exultation, etc.)
- Ola
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- pph
-
- LOC
-
- ppr
-
- RCT
-
- hah
-
interjection,
ha.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- REA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- HRH
-
- RCA
-
- PPT
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- 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.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- hr.
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- EOE
-
- Ehr
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- en-
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ene
-
- ROA
-
- RNA
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETR
-
- Ep.
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- EPA
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- heh
-
noun,
he2 .
- trp
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- Lt.
-
- 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).
- La.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ht.
-
- HRE
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- prp
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- PTP
-
- LCL
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- LCA
-
- RCP
-
- Re.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LCT
-
- PRA
-
- PRC
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- RO
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LH
-
- LR
-
- t.
-
- ln
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- 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.
- RP
-
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AO
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- CE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TN
-
- NL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- HL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- RH
-
- TL
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TC
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- O.
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- LC
-
- HH
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ol
-
- NH
-
- h.
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- PH
-
- OA
-
- HP
-
- L.
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NC
-
- NP
-
- TP
-