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- supersonic
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adjective,
greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- percussion
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noun,
the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- precession
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noun,
the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- prosecutes
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verb (used with object),
Law.
to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process.
to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- necropsies
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noun,
the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- secretions
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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.
- resections
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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.
- encopresis
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noun,
involuntary defecation.
- courtesies
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noun,
excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- interposes
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- supertonic
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noun,
the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- neurotics
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- isoprenes
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- eruptions
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- cinereous
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adjective,
in the state of or reduced to ashes:
- piecrusts
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noun,
the crust or shell of a pie.
- 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.
- cespitose
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adjective,
forming mats; growing in dense tufts.
- recession
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noun,
the act of receding or withdrawing.
- cerussite
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noun,
a mineral, lead carbonate, PbCO 3 , found in masses or in colorless, transparent crystals: an important ore of lead.
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- coinsures
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- unrespect
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- countries
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noun,
a state or nation:
- 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.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- 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.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- susceptor
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noun,
a piece of metallic film on a package of microwaveable food that helps cook and brown the food by producing and concentrating energy on the food's outer surface.
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- Nestorius
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noun,
died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- 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:
- sinecures
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noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- Perotinus
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noun,
("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- conspires
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- construes
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noun,
the act of construing.
- Serpentis
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noun,
genitive of Serpens.
- ceintures
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- prosecute
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verb (used with object),
Law.
to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process.
to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- 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.
- sericeous
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adjective,
silky.
- centuries
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noun,
a period of 100 years.
- icteruses
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- Cupertino
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noun,
a town in W California.
- secretins
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- Petronius
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
- inspects
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- epicures
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noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- sit-upon
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noun,
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- rictuses
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- precious
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noun,
a dearly beloved person; darling.
- crustose
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adjective,
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- sureties
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noun,
security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond.
- pruinose
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adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- sections
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noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- presents
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noun,
the present time.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- prosects
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Ericsson
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noun,
John, 1803–89, Swedish engineer and inventor; in the U.S. after 1839.
- sinecure
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noun,
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- tonsures
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- reunites
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- ceinture
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- posterns
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- Couperin
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1668–1733, French composer.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- potences
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noun,
potency.
- repousse
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noun,
the art or process of producing repoussé designs.
- spectro-
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- counties
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noun,
the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
- Countess
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noun,
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- spectres
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noun,
specter.
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- counter-
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- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- encrusts
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- specious
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adjective,
apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
- eucrites
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- resinous
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adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- 11-point
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- respects
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- response
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- necroses
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- resupine
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adjective,
lying on the back; supine.
- necrosis
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noun,
death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- retinues
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- enuresis
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noun,
lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.
- insecure
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adjective,
subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured:
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- coituses
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- incrusts
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- neurosis
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- centesis
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noun,
a puncture or perforation.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- sceptres
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scienter
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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:
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- suctions
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- neuroses
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- Princess
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noun,
a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- Scorpius
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noun,
the Scorpion, a zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Libra, containing the bright star Antares.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- estrones
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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.
- piecrust
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noun,
the crust or shell of a pie.
- scouters
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- peroneus
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noun,
any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- pictures
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- punsters
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noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- cistrons
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- curtsies
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noun,
a respectful bow made by women and girls, consisting of bending the knees and lowering the body.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- coesites
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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.
- penuries
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noun,
extreme poverty; destitution.
- censures
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noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- citruses
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- spencers
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- crispens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- pentoses
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- cuprites
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- Preussen
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noun,
German name of Prussia.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- encrust
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verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- encores
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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.
- process
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noun,
a systematic series of actions directed to some end:
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- Poussin
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noun,
Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
- pounces
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noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- precuts
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- spences
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noun,
a pantry.
- protein
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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.
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- precess
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verb (used without object),
to undergo precession (def 2).
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Spencer
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- ousters
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pectens
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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.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Spenser
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noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- Curtiss
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noun,
Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, U.S. inventor: pioneer in the field of aviation.
- cuprite
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- picture
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- incests
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- espouse
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verb (used with object),
to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- incross
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noun,
a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- piceous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- percuss
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verb (used with object),
Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- sprouts
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- spinous
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adjective,
covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- picotee
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- peonies
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- sprints
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Persius
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noun,
(Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- eucrite
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- estrone
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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.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Perseus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- tonuses
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- ictuses
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noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- estrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to or involving the estrus.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- inpours
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- poseurs
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- pectins
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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.
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- entero-
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- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- posters
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- ensures
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- posture
-
noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- pectous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- epicure
-
noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- spinors
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- piteous
-
adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- spinets
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spruces
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- poesies
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- poetess
-
noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- 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).
- poisers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- penises
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- toupees
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- stepson
-
noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- Croesus
-
noun,
died 546 b.c, king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
- stereo-
-
- unsteps
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- constr.
-
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- consist
-
noun,
Railroads.
the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
a record made of this rolling stock.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- oestrus
-
noun,
estrus.
- ruction
-
noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- nestors
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- 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.
- unstops
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- supines
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- Neupest
-
noun,
German name of Ujpest.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- 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.
- rustics
-
noun,
a country person.
- Serpens
-
noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- contuse
-
verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- cosines
-
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.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- 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:
- corsets
-
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.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- cornute
-
adjective,
cornuted.
- stopers
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- prussic
-
adjective,
of or derived from prussic acid.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Roscius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), c126–c62 b.c, Roman actor.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- uprises
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- censers
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- 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.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- secerns
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- 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.
- censure
-
noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- censors
-
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.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- centro-
-
- 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.
- nitrous
-
adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- secures
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sunspot
-
noun,
one of the relatively dark patches that appear periodically on the surface of the sun and affect terrestrial magnetism and certain other terrestrial phenomena.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- centri-
-
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- serious
-
noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- stripes
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- serines
-
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;
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neutro-
-
- cesspit
-
noun,
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
- cession
-
noun,
act of ceding, as by treaty.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- Script.
-
- stupors
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- cereous
-
adjective,
waxlike.
- Screens
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- sucrose
-
noun,
a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- suction
-
noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- resects
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- unrests
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- suspect
-
noun,
a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.
- uncross
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a crossed position, as the legs.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- cresset
-
noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- recoups
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- tensors
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- tocsins
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- reissue
-
noun,
something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- Soutine
-
noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pterous
-
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- species
-
noun,
a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- cruises
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- souters
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- puisnes
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- sterno-
-
- punster
-
noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- punties
-
noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- purines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- Oscines
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Socinus
-
noun,
Faustus [faw-stuh s] /ˈfɔ stəs/ (Show IPA), (Fausto Sozzini) 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius [lee-lee-uh s] /ˈli li əs/ (Show IPA) (Lelio Sozzini), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- 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.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rescues
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- suspire
-
verb (used with object),
to sigh; utter with long, sighing breaths.
- reputes
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- courses
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- 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.
- sprites
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- Peneus
-
noun,
ancient name of Salambria.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- stours
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- 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.
- steres
-
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- stoups
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- 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.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- spurts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sprits
-
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.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- sprues
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- opuses
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- onuses
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- spurns
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- stupes
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Nueces
-
noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- 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.
- steno-
-
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- peruse
-
verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- reuses
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- 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.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- sirups
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rosins
-
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.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- rousts
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- recti-
-
- rectos
-
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- 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;
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scrips
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- scutes
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Scouse
-
noun,
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septi-
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senors
-
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.
- scouts
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scours
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- rupees
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- Russo-
-
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Scotus
-
noun,
John Duns, Duns Scotus, John.
- serous
-
adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- scents
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- scions
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scones
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Scopes
-
noun,
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorns
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Pisces
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- piscos
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- spiro-
-
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- spouse
-
noun,
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- spouts
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- picro-
-
- sports
-
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.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- 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.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- sonics
-
noun,
the branch of science that deals with the practical applications of sound.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- purees
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- purses
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- 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.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- esters
-
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 .
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- 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.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- cosets
-
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.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- 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.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- intro.
-
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- 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.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- corpus
-
noun,
a large or complete collection of writings:
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- incuse
-
noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copses
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- 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.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- contr.
-
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- 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.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- cteno-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- 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.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- 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.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- curses
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- 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.
- nocti-
-
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- custos
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. a custodian.
- cupro-
-
- cuisse
-
noun,
a piece of armor or padding for protecting the thigh.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- 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.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- crisps
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- tossup
-
noun,
the tossing of a coin to decide something by its fall.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- torses
-
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.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- turco-
-
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- cross-
-
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- ensues
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enter-
-
- 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:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- touses
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- croups
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- neuro-
-
- 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.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- 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.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- 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.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- centi-
-
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- 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.
- census
-
noun,
an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- 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.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- supers
-
noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- urino-
-
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- cestus
-
noun,
a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- necro-
-
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- 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.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- upsets
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- super-
-
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- utero-
-
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- 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.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sect.
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- crit.
-
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- rcpt.
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- recip
-
- cero-
-
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rect.
-
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- recpt
-
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- cert.
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Recit
-
- ento-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- scuts
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- Prus.
-
- cent.
-
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- spec.
-
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- Prot.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- 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.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- Sept.
-
- USSCt
-
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- 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: ¢.
- Seric
-
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- copr-
-
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sito-
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- 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.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- seti-
-
- cores
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- pros.
-
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- 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.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- 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.
- Cons.
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Sino-
-
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- cont.
-
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Const
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- 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.
- corpn
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- 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.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- 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.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- scops
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- reni-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- 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.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Scot.
-
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- UNCIO
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Unit.
-
- 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.
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- 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.
- cine-
-
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- sero-
-
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- rept.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- corp.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- inst.
-
- intr.
-
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- insp.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- 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-
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- insep
-
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- step-
-
- Ipsus
-
noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- ousts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- 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.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- petri
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- tious
-
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incr.
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- incor
-
- pert.
-
- pron.
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- icons
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- ster.
-
- oste-
-
- pico-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- neut.
-
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- neur-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- nuci-
-
- nests
-
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.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Supt.
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- noct-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- nitr-
-
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ORuss
-
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- 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.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- OPers
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- opsis
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- teno-
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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).
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Port.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- 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.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- post-
-
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- 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):
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Episc
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- spies
-
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- 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.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- pret.
-
- 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.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- proc.
-
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- ecto-
-
- econ.
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- 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.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pres.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poet.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- 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.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- 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.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ESPEC
-
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spor-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- 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.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- 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 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- 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.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tron
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- 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.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Tues
-
- str.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- supr
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- uro-
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- uni-
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- top-
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- sepn
-
- USTC
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- USRC
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- USPS
-
- Ste.
-
- USPO
-
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- USIS
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- ten.
-
- uret
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- 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.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tion
-
- 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.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sics
-
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).
- sur-
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tri-
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 1080
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- nos-
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- not-
-
- 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.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- 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.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- ious
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- 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 = .
- Ire.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- NCTE
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Eur.
-
- Pet.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Pers
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pen.
-
- 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.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- 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.
- 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 .
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- osis
-
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- pct.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- 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.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Con.
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- 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.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cts.
-
- cet-
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- 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.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Ceto
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- ctr.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- ESIS
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- epit
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- eco-
-
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- epi-
-
- ect-
-
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- 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.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rpt.
-
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- purs
-
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- Rus.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- pts.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psec
-
- sci.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prs.
-
- scr.
-
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- 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:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- pro-
-
- pos.
-
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- prin
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- pre-
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pot.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- 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):
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- sec.
-
- prec
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- unp
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SCP
-
- Ep.
-
- CNS
-
- ROP
-
- USP
-
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EOE
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- EPT
-
- ene
-
- se-
-
- USO
-
- en-
-
- USN
-
- EIS
-
- sc.
-
- eir
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- EEO
-
- EEC
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EPS
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- UPC
-
- ETR
-
- uti
-
- ETO
-
- SCS
-
- 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.
- ESU
-
- Co.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- cp.
-
- UPI
-
- cr.
-
- CNO
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- up-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cs.
-
- ERT
-
- Esc
-
- USR
-
- ese
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ct.
-
- SRO
-
- uns
-
- UNO
-
- ETS
-
- CPI
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- CPU
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- UCR
-
- CRP
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- 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).
- USS
-
- UIT
-
- USC
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- CIE
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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).
- Une
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- ur-
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- So.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- unc
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CSO
-
- ec-
-
- Rs.
-
- rt.
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Sp.
-
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- CEO
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- RPO
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- CIP
-
- Tro
-
- eo-
-
- trp
-
- rte
-
- CSR
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- CST
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- cte
-
- tue
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- TSE
-
- Tu.
-
- RTS
-
- TSS
-
- 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
-
- TSI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ier
-
- 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.
- ons
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OCS
-
- PUC
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- PSS
-
- 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.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- STP
-
- OCR
-
- STI
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- NOP
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- eu-
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- NPR
-
- OTC
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Oc.
-
- op.
-
- ose
-
- PSE
-
- NOC
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PTO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- POC
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- SPR
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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:
- 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.
- PIO
-
- Sr.
-
- pt.
-
- PSC
-
- Pr.
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- prn
-
- SRS
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSC
-
- ss.
-
- Ps.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- ISR
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- IPO
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- IUS
-
- NCO
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ipr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ics
-
- ITU
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- io-
-
- PRC
-
- in.
-
- SNU
-
- ine
-
- 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.
- IOC
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- RCS
-
- RCN
-
- TCS
-
- NES
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- RCT
-
- 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:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Re.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RPS
-
- Sus
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- RCP
-
- RN
-
- RP
-
- CE
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RC
-
- i.
-
- SU
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
-
- SN
-
- R.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- CU
-
- TN
-
- RU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UI
-
- PU
-
- TC
-
- NP
-
- S.
-
- NI
-
- T1
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TP
-
- EI
-
- IP
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- ee
-
- UC
-
- 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.
- U.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
-
- RO
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.