Anagrams of pentecostarion
Word pentecostarion has
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- inspectorate
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noun,
the office or function of an inspector.
- stereopticon
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noun,
a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
- penetrations
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noun,
the act or power of penetrating.
- presentation
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noun,
an act of presenting.
- anteporticos
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noun,
a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- Septentrion
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noun,
Obsolete. the north.
- antiprotons
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- consternate
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verb (used with object),
to dismay, confuse, or terrify.
- Cotoneaster
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noun,
any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Cotoneaster, of the rose family, having white or pink flowers and bearing a red or black, berrylike fruit, grown as an ornamental.
- contraption
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noun,
a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.
- retinoscope
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noun,
an apparatus that determines the refractive power of the eye by observing the lights and shadows on the pupil when a mirror illumines the retina; skiascope.
- penetration
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noun,
the act or power of penetrating.
- anteportico
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noun,
a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- stenotopic
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adjective,
(of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- intercepts
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noun,
an interception.
- pretension
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noun,
the laying of a claim to something.
- prestation
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noun,
a payment in money or in services.
- containers
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- Entoprocta
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noun,
a small phylum of invertebrates comprising the entoprocts: considered a subphylum of Bryozoa, from which it is distinguished by having the anus of the polyp near the mouth within the crown of tentacles.
- retentions
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- aeciospore
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noun,
a spore borne by an aecium.
- tenantries
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noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- cooperates
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verb (used without object),
to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- Pontocaine
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- constipate
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verb (used with object),
to cause constipation in; make costive.
- entertains
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- transience
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noun,
transient state or quality.
- contrapose
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verb (used with object),
to place in contraposition.
- constraint
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noun,
limitation or restriction.
- octonaries
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noun,
a group of eight; an ogdoad.
- top-secret
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adjective,
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- stone-pine
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noun,
Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Trasentine
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noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- orientates
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- antiproton
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noun,
an elementary particle having negative charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron and having the same mass and spin as a proton; the antiparticle of the proton.
- can-opener
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noun,
a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- panettones
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noun,
an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- nectarines
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- caen-stone
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noun,
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- respectant
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adjective,
aspectant.
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- Spencerian
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noun,
a follower of Herbert Spencer.
- Protection
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noun,
the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- intonates
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- 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.
- Patterson
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noun,
Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- posttonic
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adjective,
immediately following a stressed syllable:
- Spectator
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noun,
a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- potations
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noun,
the act of drinking.
- retention
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noun,
the act of retaining.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- certosina
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noun,
a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- repentant
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adjective,
repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
- resonance
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noun,
the state or quality of being resonant.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- patentors
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- interacts
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- intercept
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noun,
an interception.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- internat.
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- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- corotates
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- optionees
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noun,
a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- entrepots
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noun,
a warehouse.
- procaines
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noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- entropies
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- pronation
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noun,
rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- panettone
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noun,
an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- carotenes
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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.
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- proscenia
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noun,
Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- spinneret
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noun,
an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
- tractions
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- canneries
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noun,
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.
- esotropia
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noun,
strabismus in which one eye deviates inward.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- canonries
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noun,
the office or benefice of a canon.
- Caporetto
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noun,
Italian name of Kobarid.
- caponette
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noun,
a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- Cantonese
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noun,
a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- operettas
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- renascent
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adjective,
being reborn; springing again into being or vigor:
- tenancies
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noun,
a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- inertance
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noun,
the effect of inertia in an acoustic system, an impeding of the transmission of sound through the system.
- transonic
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adjective,
close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- Potteries
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noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- poetaster
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noun,
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- stationer
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noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- catteries
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noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- entoproct
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noun,
any of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
- recension
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noun,
an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- pre-Incan
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adjective,
of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- recaption
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noun,
the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- cast-iron
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noun,
an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- entrances
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- operation
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noun,
an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- transient
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noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- Pentecost
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noun,
a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- pinsetter
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noun,
a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- picaroons
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noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- cotenants
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noun,
a joint tenant.
- container
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noun,
anything that contains or can contain something, as a carton, box, crate, or can.
- isooctane
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noun,
the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- crepitate
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verb (used without object),
to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- constrain
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verb (used with object),
to force, compel, or oblige:
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- rotenones
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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.
- Rocinante
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noun,
Rosinante.
- sortation
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noun,
the process or result of sorting things, especially computationally or mechanically.
- corantoes
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noun,
courante.
- consortia
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noun,
a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- taconites
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- penetrant
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noun,
a person or thing that penetrates.
- narceines
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noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- cooperite
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noun,
a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.
- rotations
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noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- cooperies
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noun,
the work of a cooper.
- cooperate
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verb (used without object),
to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- pensioner
-
noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- Tocantins
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noun,
a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- crenation
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noun,
a rounded projection or tooth, as on the margin of a leaf.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- strontian
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noun,
strontianite.
- creations
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- copestone
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noun,
the top stone of a building or other structure.
- penitents
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noun,
a penitent person.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- notionate
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adjective,
strong-willed or stubborn.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- pittances
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noun,
a small amount or share.
- nectarine
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noun,
a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- croisette
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noun,
crossette.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- cretonnes
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- sopranino
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noun,
a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
- pertinent
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adjective,
pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant:
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- pectinate
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adjective,
formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- crannies
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noun,
a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure:
- spittoon
-
noun,
a cuspidor.
- coronate
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adjective,
having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- entrants
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- percents
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- corotate
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verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- entrance
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noun,
an act of entering, as into a place or upon new duties.
- Cranston
-
noun,
a city in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Peterson
-
noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- ostinato
-
noun,
a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- oscitant
-
adjective,
yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- pianette
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- protects
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- pentosan
-
noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- picotees
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- entrepot
-
noun,
a warehouse.
- corantos
-
noun,
courante.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- cotenant
-
noun,
a joint tenant.
- proteose
-
noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- Ottonian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 962 to 1002.
- tonetics
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sonorant
-
noun,
a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- erection
-
noun,
the act of erecting.
- painters
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- carotins
-
noun,
carotene.
- Epicaste
-
noun,
Jocasta.
- carotene
-
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.
- picaroon
-
noun,
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- pronates
-
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.
- capstone
-
noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- Capriote
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- prostate
-
noun,
prostate gland.
- procaine
-
noun,
a compound, C 13 H 20 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- Personae
-
noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- tontines
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- Prescott
-
noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- pintanos
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- connotes
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- portance
-
noun,
bearing; behavior.
- cretonne
-
noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- patentor
-
noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- Patience
-
noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- pioneers
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- conenose
-
noun,
any of several bloodsucking assassin bugs of the genus Triatoma, some of which inflict a painful bite and serve as vectors of Chagas' disease.
- patients
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- pontiacs
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- cineaste
-
noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- pectates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- conation
-
noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- crispate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- penances
-
noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- citrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Pecorino
-
noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- Poincare
-
noun,
Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- patterns
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- citterns
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- Pointers
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- patroons
-
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.
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- pittance
-
noun,
a small amount or share.
- cisterna
-
noun,
cistern (def 2).
- tipcarts
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- cristate
-
adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- topcoats
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- tinstone
-
noun,
cassiterite.
- conspire
-
verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- portents
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- pentanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- crosette
-
noun,
crossette.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- tetanies
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- centares
-
noun,
centiare.
- spectro-
-
- contrast
-
noun,
the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- contrate
-
adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- contorts
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- contrite
-
adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- Creation
-
noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- precents
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- pinnaces
-
noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- panniers
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- creatine
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- penitent
-
noun,
a penitent person.
- centners
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- Constant
-
noun,
something that does not or cannot change or vary.
- ectopias
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- 11-point
-
- porticos
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- positron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- ecotones
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- spectate
-
verb (used without object),
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- potation
-
noun,
the act of drinking.
- potatoes
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- creosote
-
noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- potences
-
noun,
potency.
- contains
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- centrist
-
noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- potstone
-
noun,
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- contents
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- tortoise
-
noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- canteens
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- cantrips
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- intonate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- apocrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to certain glands whose secretions are acted upon by bacteria to produce the characteristic odor of perspiration (distinguished from eccrine).
- intranet
-
noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- intrans.
-
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- reticent
-
adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- secretin
-
noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- sternite
-
noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- stonecat
-
noun,
a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- ricottas
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- teaspoon
-
noun,
a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- Notornis
-
noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- anoscope
-
noun,
proctoscope.
- intonaco
-
noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- notecase
-
noun,
billfold.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- incenter
-
noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- one-step
-
noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- Increase
-
noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- increate
-
adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- one-spot
-
noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- renitent
-
adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- instance
-
noun,
a case or occurrence of anything:
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- seicento
-
noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- trecento
-
noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- repaints
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- interact
-
verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- internes
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- internet
-
noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- notation
-
noun,
a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing:
- transect
-
verb (used with object),
to cut across; dissect transversely.
- Taconite
-
noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- scienter
-
noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- actinons
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- naperies
-
noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- scenario
-
noun,
an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- narceine
-
noun,
a narcotic alkaloid, C 23 H 27 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- sanction
-
noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- tropaion
-
noun,
a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- aconites
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- saponite
-
noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- acetones
-
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.
- tactions
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- sarcenet
-
noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- neoteric
-
noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- troponin
-
noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- strontia
-
noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- rotenone
-
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.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- triptane
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- Scranton
-
noun,
William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- ancients
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- isoprene
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- ancestor
-
noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- non-pros
-
verb (used with object),
to adjudge (a plaintiff) in default.
- scotopia
-
noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- nitroso-
-
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- noisette
-
noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- iterance
-
noun,
iteration.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- strepto-
-
- rotation
-
noun,
the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- Scorpion
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- transept
-
noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- ostracon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- tenorist
-
noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- teosinte
-
noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- tortonis
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- tenorite
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- rattoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- traction
-
noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- operants
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- operatic
-
noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- reaction
-
noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- canotier
-
noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canopies
-
noun,
a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object.
- canonist
-
noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- operetta
-
noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- canister
-
noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- atropine
-
noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- sentient
-
noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- optionee
-
noun,
a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- cantoris
-
adjective,
of or relating to the gospel or liturgical north side of a church (opposed to decani).
- stannite
-
noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- ten-spot
-
noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- open-air
-
noun,
the outdoors.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- notions
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- nonpros
-
- pectens
-
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.
- oration
-
noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- strati-
-
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- spinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- penance
-
noun,
a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- nonstop
-
noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- spanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- taproot
-
noun,
a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- nascent
-
adjective,
beginning to exist or develop:
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- taction
-
noun,
touch; contact.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- Costain
-
noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Cortona
-
noun,
Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- sporont
-
noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- cortina
-
noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- scanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that scans.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- strato-
-
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- ionones
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- pentane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- nancies
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- cranio-
-
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- Otranto
-
noun,
Strait of, a strait between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. 44 miles (71 km) wide.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- cottons
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- opsonin
-
noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- opsonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- stearo-
-
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- steato-
-
- partons
-
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.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- octants
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- one-one
-
adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- pannier
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- stannic
-
adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Ontario
-
noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- pannose
-
adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- incense
-
noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
-
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- encinas
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- enroots
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- tetanic
-
adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- tenaces
-
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.
- encores
-
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.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- Oneonta
-
noun,
a city in E central New York.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- octanes
-
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.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- operose
-
adjective,
industrious, as a person.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- crotons
-
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.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- tenpins
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- pattens
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- tenrecs
-
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.
- stereo-
-
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- pectate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- sterno-
-
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intens.
-
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- operons
-
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.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- 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.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- pronota
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- cations
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- 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.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- procto-
-
- pronaos
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- pronate
-
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.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- carotin
-
noun,
carotene.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- carnose
-
adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- centri-
-
- centro-
-
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- cerates
-
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.
- cerato-
-
- ronions
-
noun,
ronyon.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- ancient
-
noun,
a person who lived in ancient times.
- centres
-
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.
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- cenotes
-
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.
- Script.
-
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- ratoons
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- septate
-
adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rattoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- transp.
-
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Atropos
-
noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- atonics
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- arseno-
-
- canines
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caption
-
noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- capette
-
noun,
caponette.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- arpents
-
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.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- racoons
-
noun,
raccoon.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- aristo-
-
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- canteen
-
noun,
a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- contain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- acetoin
-
noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- connote
-
verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- Connors
-
noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- connate
-
adjective,
existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Sno-Cat
-
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- consent
-
noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- pocosin
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- coopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- pinenes
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- 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.
- pinnace
-
noun,
a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- contras
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- contra-
-
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- pinnate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- pinners
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- actino-
-
- content
-
noun,
Usually, contents.
something that is contained:
the subjects or topics covered in a book or document.
the chapters or other formal divisions of a book or document:
- actinon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- coranto
-
noun,
courante.
- sonance
-
noun,
the condition or quality of being sonant.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Pontiac
-
noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- corneas
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Tootsie
-
noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- soprano
-
noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- topcoat
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- coronas
-
noun,
a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Roscian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving acting.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- Pontine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- rectos
-
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- recti-
-
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- 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.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- sarco-
-
- steno-
-
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- sapro-
-
- scoto-
-
- scato-
-
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nocti-
-
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- sacro-
-
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- nitro-
-
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- patri-
-
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pecans
-
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.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- 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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- picro-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- socio-
-
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- 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.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- pennis
-
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- penta-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- pottos
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- septi-
-
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racoon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- 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.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- ratoon
-
noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- panto-
-
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- sporo-
-
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- ptero-
-
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osteo-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- spiro-
-
- 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.
- proto-
-
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- necro-
-
- enter-
-
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- 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.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- Encina
-
noun,
the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
- 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.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Cannes
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
- canner
-
noun,
a person who cans meat, fruit, etc., for preservation.
- canine
-
noun,
a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- tetra-
-
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- cteno-
-
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tinct.
-
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- 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.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- iatro-
-
- arsen-
-
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- icono-
-
- 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.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- trans.
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- astron
-
- eroto-
-
- astro-
-
- terat-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escent
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copro-
-
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- 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-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- 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.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- coeno-
-
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contin
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- contr.
-
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- 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.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- 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.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- 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.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- costo-
-
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- tropes
-
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.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aceto-
-
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- inter.
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tronas
-
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.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intro.
-
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- intra-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- actin-
-
- nances
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- aniso-
-
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tropo-
-
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- aeron.
-
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- 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.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- 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.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- tarso-
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- Sino-
-
- cent.
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- prae-
-
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- actos
-
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- aeri-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- 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.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- aero-
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- Scot.
-
- pret.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- acpt.
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sito-
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- acet-
-
- cine-
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- sarc-
-
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- scat-
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 30-30
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- poet.
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- acro-
-
- post-
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- trop-
-
- sanit
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topo-
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- 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.
- Port.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- acnes
-
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.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- cero-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- rcpt.
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- ation
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- sect.
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- recip
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- atto-
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- toti-
-
- Recit
-
- Apoc.
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- areo-
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- reni-
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rept.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- treas
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- recpt
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- resp.
-
- rect.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Prot.
-
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- proc.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- pron.
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- carp-
-
- pros.
-
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Cant.
-
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 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.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- ante-
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- anon.
-
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- anis-
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- seti-
-
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- sero-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Seric
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- OPers
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Srta.
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- opto-
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- ESPEC
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- onco-
-
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- stat.
-
- IATSE
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- icons
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.
- Tenn.
-
- tera-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Epis.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Epist
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Episc
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- oste-
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nano-
-
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- nitr-
-
- Nance
-
noun,
Offensive. an effeminate male.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- noct-
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- nona-
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- step-
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- intr.
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- inst.
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- octo-
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- noso-
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Iran.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tears
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- noto-
-
- ento-
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- pant-
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- pert.
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- peta-
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- corpn
-
- corp.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corns
-
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.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- cores
-
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pene-
-
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Penn.
-
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- 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).
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Conn.
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cont.
-
- Const
-
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Cons.
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- tono-
-
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- copr-
-
- pico-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- coop.
-
- tonia
-
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- coots
-
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.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- peri-
-
- span-
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- spec.
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- part.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ecto-
-
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- patr-
-
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- pari-
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- 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.
- econ.
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crit.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- tonn
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tron
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- top-
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sci.
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- sepn
-
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- SPCA
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sec.
-
- ter.
-
- ten.
-
- Ste.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tri-
-
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Sra.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- 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.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tion
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- trit
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tRNA
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Tit.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- scr.
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- cir.
-
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Ceto
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- o-os
-
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.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 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.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- NTIA
-
- 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.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- OAPC
-
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- OPer
-
- Cor.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pan.
-
- par.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- 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.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pct.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- oto-
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- opia
-
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- 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.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- cat.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- 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.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- attn
-
- ence
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Ens.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Ice.
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- enc.
-
- 1080
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EEOC
-
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ICAO
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- est.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- epi-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- neo-
-
- NIRA
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Cort
-
- 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.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- iso-
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- cap.
-
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- ano-
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ann.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ance
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- PSAT
-
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- psec
-
- psia
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- 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.
- pts.
-
- ANSI
-
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- ant.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- 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.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- 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.
- 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:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- acr-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Aire
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RONA
-
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- aet.
-
- RNAS
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- prs.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pro-
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- att.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pnea
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- ates
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Pers
-
- ator
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- atic
-
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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):
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pos.
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- prec
-
- asc-
-
- pre-
-
- prin
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pot.
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Tpr
-
- CIE
-
- ARS
-
- 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.
- EOE
-
- CIA
-
- eir
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Co.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- AEC
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TIA
-
- TPN
-
- EIS
-
- ene
-
- cs.
-
- en-
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- TPI
-
- ae.
-
- ACS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CIP
-
- ca.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- TSI
-
- tra
-
- TSE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- ac-
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CNS
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- EEO
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- tr.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- CNO
-
- ACP
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ATP
-
- CNN
-
- Tro
-
- ASI
-
- EEC
-
- CEA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- APC
-
- aor
-
- at.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ase
-
- ast
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ASR
-
- TNT
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CPS
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- CPR
-
- 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.
- ANC
-
- CPO
-
- CPI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CPA
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- 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.
- CRP
-
- ATC
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ean
-
- ct.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- CAI
-
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- CEO
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERP
-
- 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.
- ea.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- APS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CST
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- prn
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- PIO
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POA
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- spt
-
- ons
-
- 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.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Sta
-
- ERT
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Sr.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SPR
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- pc.
-
- POR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ONI
-
- RPO
-
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- SCP
-
- ROP
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PRA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- PRC
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PTT
-
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RPS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- 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.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ONR
-
- St.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ISR
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ist
-
- ipr
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- NCO
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- IPO
-
- ne-
-
- IAS
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IPA
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- TTS
-
- NEA
-
- NOP
-
- OAS
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OAP
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- OAO
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OTC
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OSA
-
- STP
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- op.
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- STI
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- Oc.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- NSC
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- sc.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- NES
-
- oic
-
- 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:
- NIA
-
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- OEO
-
- RP
-
- i.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- OA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- RO
-
- TT
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- AO
-
- ic
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- O.
-
- CE
-
- TN
-
- SN
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ee
-
- EI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- N.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- R.
-
- IP
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.