Anagrams of Petrobrusian
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- periastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- souterrain
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noun,
a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- Praetorius
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noun,
Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- burrstone
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noun,
burstone.
- turbaries
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noun,
land, or a piece of land, where turf or peat may be dug or cut.
- eruptions
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- abruption
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noun,
a sudden breaking off.
- pterosaur
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noun,
any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- Pretorius
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noun,
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- epuration
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noun,
a purification or purge, as of government officials considered disloyal or treacherous.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- Petronius
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- Perotinus
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noun,
("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- prosateur
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noun,
a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- unrepairs
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noun,
lack of repair; disrepair; dilapidation:
- urbanites
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- Proustian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- retrusion
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noun,
the act of moving a tooth backward.
- breastpin
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noun,
a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.
- supinator
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noun,
a muscle used in supination.
- isobutane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- neuristor
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noun,
a microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- braunites
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- rainspout
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noun,
waterspout (def 1).
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- rib-roast
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noun,
a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- pruinose
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adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- unrepair
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noun,
lack of repair; disrepair; dilapidation:
- prurient
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adjective,
having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- rainouts
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- bepaints
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verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- rubstone
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noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- puritans
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noun,
a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- taborins
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noun,
a small tabor.
- subpoena
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noun,
the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- burritos
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noun,
a tortilla folded over a filling, as of ground beef, grated cheese, or refried beans.
- patinous
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adjective,
patinated.
- arborist
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noun,
a specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs, including tree surgery, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tree diseases, and the control of pests.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- proturan
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noun,
a proturan insect; telsontail.
- supinate
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verb (used with object),
to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- Superior
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noun,
one superior to another.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- saboteur
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- troupers
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- trueborn
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adjective,
genuinely or authentically so because of birth:
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- baronets
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- arterio-
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- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- perturbs
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verb (used with object),
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- probates
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- petunias
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noun,
any garden plant belonging to the genus Petunia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having funnel-shaped flowers of various colors.
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- surprint
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noun,
something surprinted.
- 11-point
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- turbines
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- burstone
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noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Urbanist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in urban planning.
- rarebits
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- airborne
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adjective,
carried by the air, as pollen or dust.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- airburst
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noun,
the explosion of a bomb or shell in midair.
- Rasputin
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noun,
Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- braunite
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noun,
an ore of manganese, 3Mn 2 O 3 ⋅MnSiO 3 .
- orbiters
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noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- bounties
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noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- Ratisbon
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noun,
Regensburg.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- urbanite
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noun,
a resident of a city or urban community.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- sit-upon
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noun,
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- terrapin
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- biparous
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adjective,
Zoology. bringing forth offspring in pairs.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- orbiter
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noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Petunia
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noun,
any garden plant belonging to the genus Petunia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having funnel-shaped flowers of various colors.
- bournes
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bruiser
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noun,
a strong, tough person:
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- barrets
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noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- barters
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noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- Barrios
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noun,
Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- parrots
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- barrens
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noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- saprobe
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noun,
saprophyte.
- Piraeus
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noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- Sorbian
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noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- suberin
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noun,
a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- trouser
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noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- trouper
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- striper
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noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- brunets
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- boranes
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noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- Bonaire
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noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- 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.
- neutro-
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- stearo-
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- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Tripura
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noun,
a state in E India. 4033 sq. mi. (10,445 sq. km). Capital: Agartala.
- brasier
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noun,
brazier1 .
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- Bepaint
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verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- Serrano
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- Norbert
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noun,
a male given name.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- 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.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- Serbian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- parures
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- bretons
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- partner
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- parries
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noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- sporran
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noun,
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- perturb
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verb (used with object),
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- Bastrop
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- ouraris
-
noun,
curare.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- transp.
-
- stirrup
-
noun,
a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- outspan
-
noun,
the act or a place of outspanning.
- sterno-
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- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- beat-up
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noun,
the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- Austro-
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- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- unstrap
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verb (used with object),
to take off or slacken the strap of.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- routine
-
noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- arbiter
-
noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- Puritan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- purines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- arbours
-
noun,
arbor1 .
- Iapetus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- punties
-
noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- punster
-
noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- rubatos
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Eutopia
-
noun,
a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment.
- burrito
-
noun,
a tortilla folded over a filling, as of ground beef, grated cheese, or refried beans.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- unrobes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- aristo-
-
- pterous
-
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- Roberts
-
noun,
Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- burnets
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- arseno-
-
- routers
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- piteous
-
adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- Proteus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- butanes
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- uptears
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- rarebit
-
noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- bustier
-
noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- 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:
- antero-
-
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- rapture
-
noun,
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- burtons
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rouster
-
noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- uproars
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- burster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bursts.
- uprears
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- upraise
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- airport
-
noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- upbeats
-
noun,
an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- rainout
-
noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- Raeburn
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
- upbears
-
verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- Etruria
-
noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Roberta
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- turbine
-
noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- roaster
-
noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- presort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- tipburn
-
noun,
a disease of lettuce, potatoes, and other plants, characterized by browning of the tips and edges of the leaves, resulting from any of several environmental factors, as excessive heat and humidity.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- praetor
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- pretors
-
noun,
praetor.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- pouters
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- Iobates
-
noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- posture
-
noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- utopias
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- irrupts
-
verb (used without object),
to break or burst in suddenly.
- arteri-
-
- burners
-
noun,
a person or thing that burns.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- inpours
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- prorate
-
verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- probits
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- Utopian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Utopia.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- insurer
-
noun,
a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Turners
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- returns
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- buriers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that buries.
- probate
-
noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- nubias
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- nurser
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- tarso-
-
- 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.
- spiro-
-
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- tauro-
-
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- 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.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- instr.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- supra-
-
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- superb
-
adjective,
admirably fine or excellent; extremely good:
- super-
-
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- irrupt
-
verb (used without object),
to break or burst in suddenly.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subpar
-
adjective,
below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- 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.
- nitro-
-
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- neuro-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- steno-
-
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- iatro-
-
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- probes
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- purser
-
noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- 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.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Presb.
-
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- reruns
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Robert
-
noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- resorb
-
verb (used with object),
to absorb again, as an exudation.
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retro-
-
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- rebops
-
noun,
bop1 .
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- panto-
-
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- 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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- 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.
- parous
-
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- serbo-
-
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- 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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ourari
-
noun,
curare.
- Siouan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- parure
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- sapro-
-
- 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.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- patri-
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- septi-
-
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- peanut
-
noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- penta-
-
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- 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.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- 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):
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- turbo-
-
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- arbour
-
noun,
arbor1 .
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- arbtrn
-
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- austr-
-
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- upbear
-
verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- trans.
-
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- tribo-
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- birrus
-
noun,
a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire.
- 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.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- treasr
-
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- barit.
-
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- borers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Barros
-
noun,
João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), ("the Portuguese Livy") 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.
- Barron
-
noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- barrio
-
noun,
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- abrupt
-
adjective,
sudden or unexpected:
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- airbus
-
noun,
a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- utero-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- uproar
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Buriat
-
noun,
Buryat.
- burier
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that buries.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- uprear
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- Anubis
-
noun,
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead: represented as having the head of a jackal.
- aeron.
-
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- aniso-
-
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- butane
-
noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- urino-
-
- Burner
-
noun,
a person or thing that burns.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- urano-
-
- bursar
-
noun,
a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Utopia
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- upbeat
-
noun,
an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Bart.
-
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- abstr
-
- peta-
-
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- trop-
-
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- 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.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- petri
-
- 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.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- 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.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- tubas
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- aeri-
-
- baro-
-
- aero-
-
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- reni-
-
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- 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.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Sept.
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- 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.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 30-30
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- restr
-
- pert.
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- peri-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- 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.
- Repub
-
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- rept.
-
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- resp.
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- 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.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- sebi-
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Unit.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Prot.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Prus.
-
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- 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.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- 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.
- prob.
-
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- anti-
-
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- ante-
-
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- pron.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- purrs
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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:
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- pubes
-
noun,
the lower part of the abdomen, especially the region between the right and left iliac regions.
- pubis
-
noun,
that part of either innominate bone that, with the corresponding part of the other, forms the front of the pelvis.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- UNRRA
-
- areo-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- Aust.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- rears
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- tubi-
-
- sanit
-
- poet.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- auto.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- uran-
-
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anis-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- astr.
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- prae-
-
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Sino-
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- 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.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- naut.
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- tonia
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Nebr.
-
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- step-
-
- 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.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- nitr-
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- part.
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- neur-
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- neut.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Srta.
-
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- erron
-
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- 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.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- estab
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- tera-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- tears
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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).
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terr.
-
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tious
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- intr.
-
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Supt.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- BSRet
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Iran.
-
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- insep
-
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- burps
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- burro
-
noun,
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
- IATSE
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- 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.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- 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.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- OPers
-
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 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.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- sero-
-
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- pant-
-
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- oste-
-
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- sito-
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- 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.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- treas
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Bonpa
-
noun,
a member of the Bön sect.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- spor-
-
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Nubia
-
noun,
a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- span-
-
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- 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.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- OBrit
-
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- 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.
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- pari-
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- biont
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- RNAS
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- ter.
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- tRNA
-
- rit.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- USNA
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- uro-
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tri-
-
- TRIB
-
- uret
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- uria
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- taur
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- USAR
-
- sepn
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- USPO
-
- RONA
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- USIA
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- 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.
- Rus.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Ste.
-
- top-
-
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- uni-
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Sat.
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Sab.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 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.
- 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
-
- 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.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Sra.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- supr
-
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sur-
-
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- tion
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- 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.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tron
-
- tab.
-
- 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.
- Tob.
-
- Soni
-
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- SATB
-
- 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.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- str.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sub-
-
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rpt.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- saur
-
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- NIRA
-
- NRAB
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- neo-
-
- bet.
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- bin-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- NRPB
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- OPer
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NTIA
-
- NTSB
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Barr
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bar.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Ont.
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obs.
-
- 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.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- BSRT
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- BSPT
-
- BSPE
-
- 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.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- BSPA
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- BSOT
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- BSNA
-
- BSIT
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSEP
-
- BSAE
-
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- bus.
-
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- but-
-
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- eous
-
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burr
-
noun,
Also, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Buna
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- bops
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- iso-
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- 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.
- bot.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- inae
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- BPOE
-
- ious
-
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- 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.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- pnea
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- pot.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- 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.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- 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.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pts.
-
- RIBA
-
- pub.
-
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aer-
-
- purs
-
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- aet.
-
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- prin
-
- ANTU
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- psia
-
- 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.
- prs.
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- 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.
- abr.
-
- ano-
-
- PSAT
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abs-
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pet.
-
- art.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- 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.
- repr
-
- par.
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pan.
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Pers
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- per.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- arr.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abiu
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Abihu.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- BRE
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- abt
-
- eo-
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ap-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TNB
-
- Ar.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- TIA
-
- an.
-
- ae.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- uti
-
- ab-
-
- BRT
-
- USR
-
- BST
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- BSN
-
- BTE
-
- BSO
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- bu.
-
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- Bt.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- BSP
-
- USP
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- BSE
-
- USB
-
- Abp
-
- BSA
-
- USO
-
- abn
-
- USN
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ast
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tu.
-
- bp.
-
- tue
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Br.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- UNO
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- unp
-
- ea.
-
- 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
-
- ARS
-
- trp
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- 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.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASU
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- ATP
-
- UAE
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- ARU
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- UIT
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- Une
-
- ase
-
- asb
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ure
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ur-
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- 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.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BPA
-
- BPE
-
- BPI
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- BPS
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Tro
-
- BIE
-
- uns
-
- 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.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BEP
-
- up-
-
- bi-
-
- APS
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- UPI
-
- BNS
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- APB
-
- AOU
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- aor
-
- Bn.
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ASR
-
- be-
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ean
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Pa.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PBS
-
- prn
-
- PAU
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- SER
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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).
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PTO
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- pt.
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- Ps.
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- ose
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- Orr
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noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- SBA
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- OSA
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- OSB
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- OAP
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- oar
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAU
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- Oba
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noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OBE
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- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- obi
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noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ear
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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.
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- OIr
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- OIt
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- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ORB
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noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ora
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noun,
plural of os2 .
- SNU
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- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OPA
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- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ons
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- SBE
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- sb.
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- ob.
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RPO
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- pus
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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.
- put
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noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Re.
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
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- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rat
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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.
- rt.
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- ret
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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.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- RNA
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RNR
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- ROA
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RBI
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- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
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- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ROP
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- REA
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- RSE
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- rte
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- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- pie
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noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
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- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- SAR
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- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- piu
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adverb,
more:
- POA
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- POB
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
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- RTS
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- PSE
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- rub
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noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- pun
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noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- Rue
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noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- POR
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- PSA
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- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- PRA
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- So.
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- Sp.
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- SRO
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- op.
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- uts
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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.
- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ITU
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- io-
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- Ia.
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- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
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- ib.
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- IBN
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- Ibo
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noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ier
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ine
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- ior
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- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IRO
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- ise
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- ISA
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Ios
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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.
- Ir.
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- IPS
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- ipr
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- IPO
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- IOU
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- IOT
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- eu-
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- ist
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- EPA
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
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- EBS
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- eir
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- EIS
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- en-
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- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- tea
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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.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
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- Ep.
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- TBA
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- EPS
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- ETS
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- ESR
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- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ETR
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- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ETO
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- ESU
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ESA
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- EPT
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- ERT
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERP
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- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ISR
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- IPA
-
- St.
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- NEB
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SPR
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- NBA
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- NbE
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- NOP
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- spt
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- NBS
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- ne-
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- NEA
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- STI
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- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NES
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- nob
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noun,
Slang. the head.
- Sr.
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- STB
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- SRB
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- nib
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noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sta
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- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- STP
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- NUT
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noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ite
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- NPR
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- Npt
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- nr.
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- NRA
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- NSA
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- NSU
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- NUS
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- nub
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noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- IUS
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ITA
-
- RN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AI
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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.
- RI
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- A.
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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.
- EI
-
- Eb
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
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- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OA
-
- AO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TP
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- R.
-
- PB
-
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- U.
-
- IP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- UB
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- t.
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- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- UI
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- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- SU
-
- NB
-
- TB
-
- RP
-
- B-
-
- BO
-
- TN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RU
-
- 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.
- PU
-
- i.
-
- T1
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SN
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-