Anagrams of petaliferous
Word petaliferous has
2306 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of petaliferous.
- fetiparous
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adjective,
(of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- out-relief
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noun,
public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.
- perfoliate
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adjective,
having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- persulfate
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noun,
a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- flat-sour
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noun,
fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- epistoler
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noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- true-life
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adjective,
similar to everyday life; realistic:
- free-soil
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noun,
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
- putrefies
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verb (used with object),
to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- pistoleer
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noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- uplifters
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noun,
a person or thing that uplifts.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- perfusate
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noun,
a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- reposeful
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adjective,
full of or suggesting repose; calm; quiet.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- sporulate
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verb (used without object),
to produce spores.
- saprolite
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noun,
soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- aeropulse
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noun,
pulsejet engine.
- troupials
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noun,
any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- filatures
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- fluorites
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- post-free
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adverb,
British. postpaid.
- foliature
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noun,
a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- poultries
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noun,
domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- outflies
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in flying, especially in speed or distance:
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- outleaps
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- Peiraeus
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noun,
Piraeus.
- pelorias
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- uplifter
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noun,
a person or thing that uplifts.
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- profiles
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- spiteful
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adjective,
full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous:
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- faitours
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- parolees
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noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- Topelius
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noun,
Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- pleasure
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noun,
the state or feeling of being pleased.
- fealties
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noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- troupial
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noun,
any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- resolute
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adjective,
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
- features
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noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- spoliate
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- floruits
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noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- eelpouts
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- pieforts
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noun,
piedfort.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- petalous
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adjective,
having petals.
- petiolar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- fluorite
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- fleapits
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noun,
a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.
- aureoles
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noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- perilous
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adjective,
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
- firestop
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noun,
any object built into a building frame to block a concealed hollow space through which a fire might pass from one part of the building to another.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- fire-pot
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noun,
the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.
- Pulesati
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plural noun,
the ancient Assyrian name of the Philistines.
- outsleep
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verb (used with object),
to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- pulsator
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noun,
something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Palouse
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noun,
a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- easeful
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adjective,
comfortable; quiet; peaceful; restful.
- peloria
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- epaulet
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noun,
an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
- parlous
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adverb,
to a large extent; greatly.
- elepaio
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noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- pelorus
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noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- torulas
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- earfuls
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- parolee
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noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- eluates
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noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- toupees
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noun,
a man's wig.
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- perfuse
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verb (used with object),
to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- eelpout
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noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- parulis
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noun,
gumboil.
- Paulist
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noun,
a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- topsail
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- safrole
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Pasture
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noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- Iapetus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- stipule
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noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- stereo-
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- stearo-
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- fistula
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- spurtle
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- Fuertes
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noun,
Louis Agassiz [ag-uh-see] /ˈæg ə si/ (Show IPA), 1874–1927, U.S. painter and naturalist.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- Fiesole
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noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- Spirula
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noun,
any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- fleapit
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noun,
a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.
- sulfate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- fluters
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noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- folates
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noun,
folic acid.
- fluster
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noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- floruit
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noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- sulfite
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noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- florist
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- florets
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noun,
a small flower.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- floater
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- superl.
-
- Freesia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- faitour
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- failure
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noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- oleates
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Eutopia
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noun,
a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- ourself
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pronoun,
one's own person, individuality, etc., considered as private and apart from others:
- outleap
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- far-out
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adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- leisure
-
noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- tearful
-
adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- leprose
-
adjective,
leprous.
- leprous
-
adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- ferules
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noun,
Also, ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- fertile
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adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- ferlies
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noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- Soleure
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noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- telfers
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- felspar
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noun,
feldspar.
- felsite
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- lifters
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- feature
-
noun,
a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic:
- Loafers
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noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- petrol.
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- toprail
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noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- trefoil
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- reposal
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- areoles
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noun,
an areola.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- pterous
-
- puerile
-
adjective,
of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- Polaris
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noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- aristo-
-
- pulsate
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verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- pleuro-
-
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- purfles
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noun,
Also called purfling. an ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- afreets
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noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- piteous
-
adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- uptears
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- posture
-
noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- restful
-
adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- profile
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profits
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noun,
Often, profits.
pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profuse
-
adjective,
spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in):
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- uplifts
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noun,
an act of lifting up or raising; elevation.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- upraise
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- repulse
-
noun,
the act of repelling.
- 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.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- upstair
-
noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
- tupelos
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- potfuls
-
noun,
the amount that can be held by a pot.
- reputes
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- refusal
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- Austro-
-
- refuels
-
verb (used with object),
to supply again with fuel:
- astrol.
-
- reflets
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- aureole
-
noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- pilfers
-
verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- piefort
-
noun,
piedfort.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- refutes
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- petrous
-
adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- pileous
-
adjective,
hairy or furry.
- Piraeus
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- utopias
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- Pilatus
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- reliefs
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- refuse
-
noun,
something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- super-
-
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Lieut.
-
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- profit
-
noun,
Often, profits.
pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- refute
-
verb (used with object),
to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- refuel
-
verb (used with object),
to supply again with fuel:
- lepto-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- spiro-
-
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- supra-
-
- iatro-
-
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- f-stop
-
noun,
the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- ptero-
-
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- purfle
-
noun,
Also called purfling. an ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- pulsar
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- purees
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- patri-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- pleura
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- pleur-
-
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleio-
-
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parous
-
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- pilafs
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- petro-
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Petofi
-
noun,
Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peruse
-
verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- rupees
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Peleus
-
noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pilous
-
adjective,
pilose.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pilfer
-
verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- paleo-
-
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- 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.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- luteo-
-
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- 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.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- 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.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- polit.
-
- sapro-
-
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- septi-
-
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- potful
-
noun,
the amount that can be held by a pot.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- teleo-
-
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- uplift
-
noun,
an act of lifting up or raising; elevation.
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- 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.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- tarso-
-
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- ultra-
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- Felipe
-
noun,
León (Camino) [le-awn kah-mee-naw] /lɛˈɔn kɑˈmi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1968, Spanish poet, in South America after 1939.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tauro-
-
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- 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.
- flori-
-
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- astro-
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- flours
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Utopia
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- fluors
-
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- utero-
-
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- flouts
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- austr-
-
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- afters
-
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- ferous
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ferule
-
noun,
Also, ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, especially by striking them on the hand.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- 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.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- 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).
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- 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.
- 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.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- petri
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- petr-
-
- peri-
-
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- treas
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- auto.
-
- peta-
-
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- 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.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- pert.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- 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.
- 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.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Aust.
-
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- pari-
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Parl.
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- part.
-
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- tious
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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 .
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- TOEFL
-
- pale-
-
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- pelfs
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- 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.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- patr-
-
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- pilaf
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Prot.
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Prus.
-
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- rept.
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- resp.
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- PROFS
-
noun,
professor.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- pros.
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pref.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- aeri-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- USLTA
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- 30-30
-
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- aero-
-
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- afoul
-
Idioms,
run / come / fall afoul of,
to become entangled with:
to come into conflict with:
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Pres.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plast
-
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- 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.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pleo-
-
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plio-
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- trop-
-
- plur.
-
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 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.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- 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.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- poufs
-
noun,
a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- areo-
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- prae-
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- post-
-
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- poet.
-
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Port.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- tears
-
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- fusee
-
noun,
a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- 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.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- IATSE
-
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- 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.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- sulf-
-
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- lipo-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- 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.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- filos
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- 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.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- Srta.
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- fires
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- ileo-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- refl.
-
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- 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.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ster.
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- step-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- feti-
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- fort.
-
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- flour
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Sept.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- OPers
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- seti-
-
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sero-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- self-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- flout
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- fore-
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Euro-
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- 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.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- flor.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- sito-
-
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- tele-
-
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- flips
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- Fris.
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- 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.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- fraps
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- telo-
-
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Supt.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- uria
-
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- uret
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Ste.
-
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- Rep.
-
- sur-
-
- uro-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- supr
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- str.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- rel.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- ulto
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USPO
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- USIA
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USAR
-
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- repl
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Rus.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- rpt.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- saur
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Sat.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- ter.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Tues
-
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rit.
-
- taur
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- tri-
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- 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.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 1080
-
- ref.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ious
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- itol
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- ile-
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- fut.
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- fol.
-
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- frap
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frs.
-
- FRSL
-
- frt.
-
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- fur.
-
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- FLRA
-
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- OPer
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- FLOP
-
noun,
an act of flopping.
- opia
-
- aur-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aus.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- aut-
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- afr-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alis
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- FERA
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- filt
-
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fla.
-
- flap
-
noun,
something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening:
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Flip
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- esp.
-
- eous
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- est.
-
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pfui
-
interjection,
phooey.
- Piaf
-
noun,
Edith (Edith Giovanna Gassion) 1914–63, French singer.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- Pol.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pers
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelf
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perf
-
- PERL
-
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- par.
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- purs
-
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pts.
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- pouf
-
noun,
a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pre-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Prof
-
noun,
professor.
- prs.
-
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- psia
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Pal.
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- prf
-
- PSE
-
- EPA
-
- eir
-
- PSA
-
- EIS
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- EOF
-
- EOE
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OAP
-
- EEO
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- eo-
-
- trf
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- efl
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- PSF
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ef-
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- EPS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- eu-
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ose
-
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- fo.
-
- FPS
-
- POR
-
- ETR
-
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- se-
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- ltr
-
- SLA
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- 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.
- ETS
-
- ETO
-
- EPT
-
- ERT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- OSF
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- PRA
-
- OSA
-
- ESA
-
- RFI
-
- op.
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ESR
-
- RFA
-
- RFE
-
- ESU
-
- OAU
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ure
-
- REA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ur-
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OPA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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).
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- UPI
-
- Ola
-
- up-
-
- ALU
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AOU
-
- USO
-
- ap-
-
- Af.
-
- uti
-
- al.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USR
-
- Ar.
-
- USP
-
- ae.
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AEF
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- AFL
-
- AFP
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- AFS
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- aor
-
- ult
-
- ATP
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ARU
-
- ase
-
- trp
-
- ASI
-
- OIr
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- OIt
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ASU
-
- Tro
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- at.
-
- LTA
-
- OFr
-
- of-
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- tue
-
- 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.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- RAF
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UIT
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- Apl
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ARS
-
- APS
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Re.
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- 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.
- POA
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- rt.
-
- IOT
-
- RSA
-
- IOU
-
- RSE
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- rte
-
- ior
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- RTF
-
- ise
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- 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.
- STI
-
- Sr.
-
- ial
-
- SOF
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Pa.
-
- RPO
-
- STP
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- IOF
-
- ier
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- STL
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SAR
-
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- Rs.
-
- Isl
-
- RTS
-
- FTP
-
noun,
File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SAE
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lif
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Ps.
-
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ISR
-
- Lt.
-
- ist
-
- spt
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- IUS
-
- SPR
-
- La.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- LaF
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Pr.
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ITU
-
- ft.
-
- ROP
-
- ROI
-
- Fl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- OSP
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ot-
-
- FSR
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- 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
-
- OTA
-
- TAL
-
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- ote
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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:
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- PLR
-
- LST
-
- PLO
-
- LSI
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- pli
-
- plf
-
- FET
-
- PLA
-
- SLE
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- Fia
-
- pl.
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- ROA
-
- FIO
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- OTS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- SLP
-
- pf.
-
- SLR
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Frl
-
- FPO
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- suf
-
- FSA
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- 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.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- FOS
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- FOT
-
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- FP
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- t.
-
- ee
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- EI
-
- TP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- LR
-
- SA
-
- T1
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SU
-
- LF
-
- FE
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- AO
-
- 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.
- 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.
- R.
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- RP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- le
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- U.
-
- UI
-
- TL
-
- UL
-
- ol
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- RF
-
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- S.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- OA
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SF
-
- RI
-
- RO
-
- IP
-
- RU
-
- PU
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.