Anagrams of petrochemistry
Word petrochemistry has
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- psychrometer
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noun,
an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- stichometry
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noun,
the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- heterotypic
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adjective,
of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- heteroptics
-
noun,
incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
- Terpsichore
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- top-secret
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adjective,
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- microphyte
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noun,
a microscopic plant.
- theoretics
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noun,
the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- stepmother
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noun,
the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- cherry-pie
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noun,
any of several plants having flowers with an odor suggestive of cherries, as the heliotrope.
- pyrrhotite
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noun,
a common mineral, iron sulfide, approximately FeS but variable because of a partial absence of ferrous ions, occurring in massive and in crystal forms with a bronze color and metallic luster; magnetic pyrites: generally slightly magnetic.
- septectomy
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noun,
excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- spirometer
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noun,
an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.
- hypsometer
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noun,
thermobarometer (def 1).
- heterocyst
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noun,
one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- retrospect
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noun,
contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- spirochete
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noun,
any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- short-time
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noun,
a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced:
- three-spot
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noun,
a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
- cystometer
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noun,
a device for determining the reaction of the urinary bladder to increased internal pressure.
- prosthetic
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adjective,
of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis:
- thermistor
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noun,
a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- Osterreich
-
noun,
German name of Austria.
- pyrometers
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noun,
an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- short-term
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adjective,
covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- prehistory
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noun,
human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- receptors
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- chorister
-
noun,
a singer in a choir.
- chemistry
-
noun,
the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter.
Compare element (def 2).
- hypocrite
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noun,
a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
- secretory
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noun,
a secretory organ, vessel, or the like.
- tephroite
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noun,
a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
- Cristophe
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noun,
Henri, Christophe, Henri.
- mesophyte
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noun,
a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- trimorphs
-
noun,
a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- rhymester
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noun,
a writer of inferior verse; poetaster.
- either-or
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adjective,
allowing no equivocation; being limited in choice to two options:
- stretcher
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
a kind of litter, often of canvas stretched on a frame, for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead.
a similar litter on wheels, adapted for use in ambulances and hospitals.
- remitters
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noun,
Law.
the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
- tephrites
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- triptychs
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noun,
Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
- torcheres
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noun,
a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- receiptor
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noun,
a person who receipts.
- cryometer
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noun,
a thermometer for measuring low temperatures.
- chiropter
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noun,
any mammal of the order Chiroptera, comprising the bats.
- Mysticete
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noun,
any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, as finback and humpback whales, characterized by a symmetrical skull, paired blowholes, and rows of baleen plates for feeding on plankton.
- rest-home
-
noun,
a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- hemitrope
-
noun,
twin1 (def 5).
- croisette
-
noun,
crossette.
- trimester
-
noun,
a term or period of three months.
- coryphees
-
noun,
a member of a ballet company who dances usually as part of a small group and who ranks below the soloists.
- posterity
-
noun,
succeeding or future generations collectively:
- hemocytes
-
noun,
a blood cell.
- pretermit
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verb (used with object),
to let pass without notice; disregard.
- preterits
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noun,
past (def 12).
- peristome
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noun,
Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- erythrism
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noun,
abnormal redness, as of plumage or hair.
- thermites
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noun,
a mixture of finely-divided metallic aluminum and ferric oxide that when ignited produces extremely high temperatures as the result of the union of the aluminum with the oxygen of the oxide: used in welding, incendiary bombs, etc.
- erythrite
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous cobalt arsenate, Co 3 As 2 O 8 ⋅8H 2 O, occurring as a powdery, usually red incrustation on cobalt minerals; cobalt bloom.
- Thesproti
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plural noun,
the first inhabitants of ancient Epirus.
- rhetorics
-
noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- misreport
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verb (used with object),
to report incorrectly or falsely.
- preterist
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noun,
a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled.
Compare futurist (def 2), presentist.
- cerotypes
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noun,
a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
- Rochester
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noun,
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- serictery
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noun,
a silk gland.
- Potteries
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noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- ectophyte
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noun,
a parasitic plant growing on an animal or another plant.
- trichomes
-
noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- portieres
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- pyrometer
-
noun,
an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- thyristor
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noun,
a semiconductor device having two stable states, used as an electronic switch.
- ectotherm
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noun,
a cold-blooded animal.
- trimeters
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noun,
a verse of three measures or feet.
- reimports
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verb (used with object),
to import back into the country of exportation.
- stitchery
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noun,
needlework.
- chromites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- hemisect
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verb (used with object),
to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- tephrite
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- triremes
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noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- emitters
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noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- triptych
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noun,
Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
- pochette
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noun,
kit2 .
- perthite
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noun,
a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- cypriots
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- Mitscher
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noun,
Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- tempters
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noun,
a person or thing that tempts, especially to evil.
- moperies
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noun,
mopish behavior.
- temerity
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noun,
reckless boldness; rashness.
- trimeter
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noun,
a verse of three measures or feet.
- promisee
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noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- Strother
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noun,
a male given name.
- strophic
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adjective,
Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- erythro-
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- pyrrhics
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noun,
Also called dibrach. a pyrrhic foot.
- trimorph
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noun,
a substance existing in three structurally distinct forms; a trimorphous substance.
- Stroheim
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noun,
Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- erethism
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noun,
an unusual or excessive degree of irritability or stimulation in an organ or tissue.
- epitomes
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- coryphee
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noun,
a member of a ballet company who dances usually as part of a small group and who ranks below the soloists.
- rescript
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noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- protects
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- epsomite
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noun,
the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
- pitchers
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- trichome
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noun,
Botany. an outgrowth from the epidermis of plants, as a hair.
- Timorese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- Primrose
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noun,
any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose) of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose) of China, having flowers in a variety of colors.
Compare primrose family.
- stretchy
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adjective,
having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- primeros
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noun,
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- psychro-
-
- coherers
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noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- isometry
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noun,
equality of measure.
- isothere
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- isotherm
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noun,
Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- mortices
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- comprise
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Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- restrict
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verb (used with object),
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- miterers
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noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- compeers
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noun,
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- serotype
-
noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- comperes
-
noun,
a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- competes
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verb (used without object),
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
- tiresome
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adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- strepto-
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- hemocyte
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noun,
a blood cell.
- thorites
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noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- ecotypes
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noun,
a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- prescore
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verb (used with object),
to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- torchere
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noun,
a tall stand for a candelabrum.
- chimeres
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noun,
a loose upper robe, especially of a bishop, to which the lawn sleeves are usually attached.
- spectro-
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- homesite
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noun,
a plot of land for a home.
- shrimper
-
noun,
a shrimp fisherman.
- theorist
-
noun,
a person who theorizes.
- premorse
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adjective,
having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.
- rimester
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noun,
rhymester.
- cherries
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noun,
the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- rhetoric
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noun,
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- theories
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noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- herpetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- Cheremis
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noun,
Mari.
- roperies
-
noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- receptor
-
noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- picotees
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- smectite
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noun,
montmorillonite.
- cerotype
-
noun,
a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
- critters
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- cheerios
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Cerritos
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- reimport
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verb (used with object),
to import back into the country of exportation.
- hysteric
-
noun,
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero-
-
- crosette
-
noun,
crossette.
- Prescott
-
noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- importee
-
noun,
an imported person or thing.
- smithery
-
noun,
the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- chromite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of chromium in the bivalent state.
- Christo-
-
- thermite
-
noun,
a mixture of finely-divided metallic aluminum and ferric oxide that when ignited produces extremely high temperatures as the result of the union of the aluminum with the oxygen of the oxide: used in welding, incendiary bombs, etc.
- postiche
-
noun,
an imitation or substitute.
- preterit
-
noun,
past (def 12).
- Yosemite
-
noun,
a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.
- prestore
-
verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- smothery
-
adjective,
stifling; close:
- termites
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- trophies
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- perchers
-
noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- heritors
-
noun,
inheritor.
- thermits
-
- Hermetic
-
adjective,
made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- orphreys
-
noun,
an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- pierrots
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- remitter
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noun,
Law.
the principle or operation by which a person who enters on an estate by a defective title, and who previously had an earlier and more valid title to it, is adjudged to hold it by the earlier and more valid one.
the act of remitting a case to another court for decision.
- chitters
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verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- trochees
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- portiere
-
noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- Toryish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a Tory.
- Toryism
-
noun,
the act or fact of being a Tory.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- epithet
-
noun,
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality:
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- metopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- ectypes
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- striper
-
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:
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- ecotype
-
noun,
a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- echoism
-
noun,
onomatopoeia.
- epitome
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- mercery
-
noun,
a mercer's shop.
- episome
-
noun,
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- Meropes
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- emperor
-
noun,
the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire:
- Stretch
-
noun,
an act or instance of stretching.
- Roerich
-
noun,
Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- emprise
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- pyretic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- empties
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- Mercier
-
noun,
Désiré Joseph [dey-zee-rey zhaw-zef] /deɪ ziˈreɪ ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1851–1926, Belgian cardinal and patriot.
- metopes
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- psycho-
-
- eyespot
-
noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- Pyrites
-
noun,
pyrite.
- eyeshot
-
noun,
range of vision; view:
- mercers
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- torches
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- scrimpy
-
adjective,
scanty; meager; barely adequate.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- epimers
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Script.
-
- roemers
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- Tempter
-
noun,
a person or thing that tempts, especially to evil.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- hetero-
-
- porches
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- premier
-
noun,
the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
- premise
-
noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- thorite
-
noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- heteros
-
noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- tethers
-
noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- impers.
-
- Herriot
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- Herries
-
verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- presort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- heroism
-
noun,
the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine:
- heroics
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- thirsty
-
adjective,
feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- yester-
-
- heritor
-
noun,
inheritor.
- thereto
-
adverb,
to that place, thing, etc.
- hosiery
-
noun,
stockings or socks of any kind.
- thermic
-
adjective,
thermal (def 1).
- thermes
-
noun,
therm.
- hoptree
-
noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- thermo-
-
- pothers
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Thermos
-
noun,
a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquids hot or cold.
- potiche
-
noun,
a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- Homeric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- pottery
-
noun,
ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- theorem
-
noun,
Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- history
-
noun,
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- hyster-
-
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- Hermite
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- heriots
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- tochers
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- isotype
-
noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- TEMPEST
-
noun,
a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- prithee
-
interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- prythee
-
interjection,
prithee.
- tempehs
-
noun,
a fermented soybean cake.
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- ethiops
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- Pitcher
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- tithers
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- strophe
-
noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Pyrrhic
-
noun,
Also called dibrach. a pyrrhic foot.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- Erechim
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- isopyre
-
noun,
an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- primers
-
noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- termors
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- heretic
-
noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- preter-
-
- heptose
-
noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- pretors
-
noun,
praetor.
- termers
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- pricers
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- isohyet
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- hectors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- Timothy
-
noun,
a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder.
- Shemite
-
noun,
a Semite.
- typeset
-
adjective,
(of written, textual matter) set in type.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- primero
-
noun,
a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- scyphi-
-
- hospice
-
noun,
a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- Chester
-
noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- morphic
-
noun,
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment.
Compare allomorph (def 2).
- compete
-
verb (used without object),
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- Richter
-
noun,
Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- compere
-
noun,
a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- compeer
-
noun,
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- chimere
-
noun,
a loose upper robe, especially of a bishop, to which the lawn sleeves are usually attached.
- stereo-
-
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- peyotes
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- chemist
-
noun,
a specialist in chemistry.
- mithers
-
noun,
mother1 .
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- reprise
-
noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- cheiro-
-
- sorcery
-
noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- chemise
-
noun,
a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.
- corresp
-
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- copyist
-
noun,
a person who transcribes copies, especially of documents.
- spireme
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- pettish
-
adjective,
petulantly peevish:
- stetho-
-
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- trimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- retches
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- cheeros
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- trisomy
-
noun,
an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- trochee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- percher
-
noun,
a person or thing that perches.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- perries
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- cyphers
-
noun,
zero.
- spicery
-
noun,
spice.
- chromes
-
noun,
chromium.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- Christy
-
noun,
Christie.
- perches
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- chrisom
-
noun,
chrism.
- chryso-
-
- sphero-
-
- Cypriot
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- Shorter
-
noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- coheres
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- coherer
-
noun,
a person or thing that coheres.
- spermic
-
adjective,
spermatic.
- coheirs
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- spermo-
-
- chitter
-
verb (used without object),
to twitter.
- shortie
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- try-pot
-
noun,
See under tryworks.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- trireme
-
noun,
a galley with three rows or tiers of oars on each side, one above another, used chiefly as a warship.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- physio-
-
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- tricho-
-
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- crypto-
-
- ostrich
-
noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- myotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- ceriphs
-
noun,
serif.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- remorse
-
noun,
deep and painful regret for wrongdoing; compunction.
- Orphism
-
noun,
the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- photism
-
noun,
a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- rompers
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- photics
-
noun,
the science of light.
- rompish
-
adjective,
given to romping; frolicsome.
- cryptos
-
noun,
a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- miscopy
-
noun,
an incorrect copy.
- Schmitt
-
noun,
Bernadotte Everly [bur-nuh-dot ev-er-lee] /ˈbɜr nəˌdɒt ˈɛv ər li/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. historian.
- T-shirt
-
noun,
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- rectory
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- Thermit
-
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- smother
-
noun,
dense, stifling smoke.
- rochets
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- royster
-
verb (used without object),
roister.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- Mycetes
-
- trophic
-
adjective,
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- orphrey
-
noun,
an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- rhetors
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- phoresy
-
noun,
(among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- cotypes
-
noun,
a syntype.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- miterer
-
noun,
a machine or tool for making miters.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- ophites
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- styptic
-
noun,
a styptic agent or substance.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- cheerio
-
noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Phorcys
-
noun,
a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- therme
-
noun,
therm.
- shrimp
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- tether
-
noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- smirch
-
noun,
a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- thermy
-
- hottie
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- hotter
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- termor
-
noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- Tethys
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
- Smitty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Smith.
- smithy
-
noun,
the workshop of a smith, especially a blacksmith.
- sphery
-
adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- ormers
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- peyote
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- theory
-
noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- sypher
-
verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- smitch
-
noun,
smidgen.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- theism
-
noun,
the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- therm-
-
- Sperry
-
noun,
Elmer Ambrose, 1860–1930, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- tetchy
-
adjective,
irritable; touchy.
- imper.
-
- sperm-
-
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- spiro-
-
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Mersey
-
noun,
a river in W England, flowing W from Derbyshire to the Irish Sea. 70 miles (115 km) long.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- photic
-
adjective,
of or relating to light.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- misery
-
noun,
wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- Mystic
-
noun,
a person who claims to attain, or believes in the possibility of attaining, insight into mysteries transcending ordinary human knowledge, as by direct communication with the divine or immediate intuition in a state of spiritual ecstasy.
- myrrhs
-
noun,
an aromatic resinous exudation from certain plants of the genus Myrrhis, especially M. odorata, a small spiny tree: used for incense, perfume, etc.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- phyto-
-
- Mercer
-
noun,
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- physo-
-
- mither
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mytho-
-
- mythoi
-
noun,
plural of mythos.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- shitty
-
adjective,
inferior or contemptible.
- mythos
-
noun,
the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.
- mycete
-
- Stormy
-
adjective,
affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous:
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- Sherry
-
noun,
a fortified, amber-colored wine of southern Spain or any of various similar wines made elsewhere.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- picro-
-
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- shirty
-
adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- micro-
-
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- myopic
-
adjective,
Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
- myotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- stithy
-
noun,
an anvil.
- stythe
-
noun,
chokedamp.
- stitch
-
noun,
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Meyers
-
noun,
Adolf, 1866–1950, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Switzerland.
- physic
-
noun,
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- tempts
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- shorty
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septi-
-
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Mother
-
noun,
a female parent.
- Irtysh
-
noun,
a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- spotty
-
adjective,
full of, having, or occurring in spots:
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- termer
-
noun,
a person who is serving a term, especially in prison (usually used in combination):
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Tempyo
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, a.d. 725–794, characterized by the flowering of Buddhist architecture and statuary: combined T'ang Chinese influences and emerging native traits.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stymie
-
noun,
Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- phyco-
-
- moiety
-
noun,
a half.
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- petro-
-
- Pyrrho
-
noun,
c365–c275 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- mopery
-
noun,
mopish behavior.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- mopish
-
adjective,
given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- morph-
-
- morphy
-
noun,
Paul Charles, 1837–84, U.S. chess player.
- Ithome
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in SW Greece, in SW Peloponnesus. 2630 feet (802 meters).
- pitchy
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in pitch.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- tempeh
-
noun,
a fermented soybean cake.
- morphs
-
noun,
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment.
Compare allomorph (def 2).
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Morris
-
noun,
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack [muh-kwig slak] /məˈkwɪg ˈslæk/ (Show IPA), 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
- Pithom
-
noun,
one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- reechy
-
adjective,
smoky or sooty.
- chori-
-
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- rhymes
-
noun,
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ectomy
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- ectype
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- recti-
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- rectos
-
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- chotts
-
noun,
a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- chrys-
-
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Cromer
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
- cryst.
-
- chrism
-
noun,
a consecrated oil, usually mixed with balsam or balsam and spices, used by certainchurches in various rites, as in baptism, confirmation, and the like.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- scherm
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a hut, screen, or shelter constructed from branches and canvas, scraped animal hides, or the like.
- crypts
-
noun,
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- crypt-
-
- chrom-
-
- torchy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- chrome
-
noun,
chromium.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- psych-
-
- Psyche
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- chiro-
-
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- empery
-
noun,
absolute dominion; sovereignty.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- scythe
-
noun,
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- Scotty
-
noun,
(often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- chirpy
-
adjective,
chirping or tending to chirp:
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Tophet
-
noun,
a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch. It was later used as a dumping ground for refuse.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- chirrs
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- chomps
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
champ1 .
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- scheme
-
noun,
a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- cypher
-
noun,
zero.
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Rheims
-
noun,
Reims.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cirro-
-
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- trimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of three identical, simpler molecules.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- cysti-
-
- cysto-
-
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- 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.
- retro-
-
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- compts
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- comity
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- cometh
-
verb,
3rd person singular present indicative of come.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- cytost
-
noun,
any cellular substance liberated because of injury to the cell or cells.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crimpy
-
adjective,
having a crimped form or appearance.
- chromy
-
adjective,
decorated with or abounding in chrome:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crepey
-
adjective,
(especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface:
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Cremer
-
noun,
Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- cymose
-
adjective,
bearing a cyme or cymes.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- creepy
-
adjective,
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:
- trich-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cotype
-
noun,
a syntype.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- chimps
-
noun,
chimpanzee.
- ptero-
-
- epochs
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- hiero-
-
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- Hyeres
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- romper
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- Hersey
-
noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- herpes
-
noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- Hermit
-
noun,
a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- Hermes
-
noun,
the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
Compare Mercury (def 3).
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- heresy
-
noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- hyeto-
-
- thirty
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
- hecto-
-
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Horsey
-
adjective,
horsy.
- roemer
-
noun,
a German wineglass having a body with a globular top and a cylindrical bottom often decorated with prunts, supported by a conical foot.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- therms
-
noun,
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- thetic
-
adjective,
positive; dogmatic.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- homers
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- Thetis
-
noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- troths
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- thymes
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Thymus, of the mint family, including the common garden herb T. vulgaris, a low subshrub having narrow, aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- troph-
-
- thirst
-
noun,
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- hyper-
-
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- hypso-
-
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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.
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- thymic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from thyme.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- trophy
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- thyro-
-
- histo-
-
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- pretty
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- chemo-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- ropery
-
noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- chesty
-
adjective,
having a well-developed chest or bosom.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- priory
-
noun,
a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
- tythes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- Cheops
-
noun,
flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- tithes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- tither
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- Cherry
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- cherem
-
noun,
herem.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cheery
-
adjective,
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- pryers
-
noun,
prier.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- typist
-
noun,
a person who operates a typewriter.
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- chymes
-
noun,
the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
- primer
-
noun,
an elementary book for teaching children to read.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- cheesy
-
adjective,
of or like cheese:
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- 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.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- 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.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- oste-
-
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- peri-
-
- pert.
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- 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.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- 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.
- shpt.
-
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- shott
-
noun,
chott.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- rhyme
-
noun,
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- sito-
-
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- Perry
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- rhet.
-
- rheme
-
noun,
comment (def 7).
- 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.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- smyth
-
noun,
Dame Ethel Mary, 1858–1944, English writer, composer, and suffragist.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- post-
-
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- prom.
-
- prim.
-
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- proc.
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- pryer
-
noun,
prier.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Seric
-
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- sero-
-
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- pyro-
-
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- potty
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- sect.
-
- Port.
-
- semi-
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- semih
-
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- prem.
-
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- Pres.
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Sept.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- poet.
-
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- rept.
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- phot.
-
- phore
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- phyte
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- phys.
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- phyre
-
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- Petty
-
noun,
Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- resp.
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- restr
-
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- rcpt.
-
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- seti-
-
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scot.
-
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- scopy
-
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- 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.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- recip
-
- Recit
-
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- schmo
-
noun,
a foolish, boring, or stupid person; a jerk.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pico-
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tythe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- ESPEC
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Esth.
-
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- eyrir
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
- Emery
-
noun,
a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Emory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- empty
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Ephes
-
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Epist
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- typo-
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Hypo-
-
- hypos
-
noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hist.
-
- thio-
-
- thyme
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Thymus, of the mint family, including the common garden herb T. vulgaris, a low subshrub having narrow, aromatic leaves used for seasoning.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- homey
-
noun,
homie.
- Homer
-
noun,
Baseball. home run.
- homes
-
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Hymie
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jewish male.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- horme
-
noun,
activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hort.
-
- hosp.
-
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Theos
-
- theor
-
- theo-
-
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- hier-
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- hempy
-
adjective,
mischievous; often in trouble for mischief.
- hect-
-
- 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.
- Heyse
-
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.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- hemes
-
noun,
a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
- Hemet
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- hemi-
-
- hemic
-
adjective,
hematic.
- hemo-
-
- hemps
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- Hetty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.
- Tycho
-
noun,
a prominent crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon, about 56 miles (90 km) in diameter.
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- herem
-
noun,
the most severe form of excommunication, formerly used by rabbis in sentencing wrongdoers, usually for an indefinite period of time.
- herms
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herp.
-
- herry
-
verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- ecto-
-
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chirr
-
noun,
the sound of chirring.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- chomp
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
champ1 .
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- chott
-
noun,
a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.
- troch
-
- chimp
-
noun,
chimpanzee.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- cymes
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- Cypro
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cyst-
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- 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.
- cyto-
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- chyme
-
noun,
the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- 30-30
-
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Troth
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- tropy
-
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- 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.
- chime
-
noun,
an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- trop-
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- chem.
-
- ChemE
-
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- 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.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crim.
-
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- cryo-
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- toti-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comp.
-
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- Comr.
-
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- copr-
-
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- corp.
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- theme
-
noun,
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic:
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- mothy
-
adjective,
containing moths.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Mich.
-
- Miche
-
verb (used without object),
to lurk out of sight.
- myco-
-
- stomy
-
- stome
-
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- myrrh
-
noun,
an aromatic resinous exudation from certain plants of the genus Myrrhis, especially M. odorata, a small spiny tree: used for incense, perfume, etc.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- metr-
-
- 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.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- meth-
-
- meths
-
noun,
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
- moths
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- spec.
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metry
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- 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.
- MSPHE
-
- miso-
-
- meso-
-
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- MPers
-
- mopey
-
adjective,
languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- step-
-
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- mosey
-
verb (used without object),
to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Misty
-
adjective,
abounding in or clouded by mist.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spor-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- 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.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- MSChE
-
- myth.
-
- myths
-
noun,
a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitty
-
noun,
Walter Mitty.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- stimy
-
noun,
stymie.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Isth.
-
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- sophy
-
noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- OPers
-
- YPSCE
-
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Orth.
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- term.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- yirrs
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- terr.
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- orch.
-
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- temp.
-
- tech.
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Mercy
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- mero-
-
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- merch
-
noun,
merchandise, especially as marketed to a particular fan base:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Meyer
-
noun,
Adolf, 1866–1950, U.S. psychiatrist, born in Switzerland.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Merry
-
noun,
a female given name.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- meshy
-
adjective,
formed with meshes; meshed.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- mech.
-
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Syr.
-
- Ste.
-
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Rom.
-
- SMTP
-
- sym.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- shr.
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- trit
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- 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.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- them
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- thi-
-
- 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.
- secy
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- typ.
-
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- sech
-
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- Tit.
-
- tchr
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- the-
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Shem
-
noun,
the eldest of the three sons of Noah. Gen. 10:21.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sci.
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- sch.
-
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- rpt.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- str.
-
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- sec.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- top-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scr.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- tomy
-
- 1080
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- EMet
-
- opsy
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- hyp.
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- OPer
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- epit
-
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- Eph.
-
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- 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.
- Emp.
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- per.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- yrs.
-
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Ire.
-
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- perh
-
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- Pers
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- homy
-
adjective,
homey1 .
- pct.
-
- EEOC
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- cts.
-
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- ctr.
-
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- iso-
-
- hom-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- heme
-
noun,
a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- etym
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- HEMP
-
noun,
Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish.
Compare cannabis.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mopy
-
adjective,
mopey.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOpt
-
- Eth.
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mis-
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- hem-
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- Mic.
-
- myc-
-
- mesh
-
noun,
any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- myo-
-
- mes-
-
- ette
-
- MIPS
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- her.
-
- MSHE
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- MSIE
-
- MSPE
-
- MSPH
-
- MCPO
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- msec
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Herm
-
noun,
a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- MSEE
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- etc.
-
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- esp.
-
- MSCP
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSCE
-
- Pet.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Rep.
-
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Imp.
-
- chm.
-
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Ymir
-
noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cet-
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- psec
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- pts.
-
- cis-
-
- Chr.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- RCMP
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- cyme
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single central or terminal flower that blooms first.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- chs.
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- IMHO
-
- pro-
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- 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.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ICSH
-
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- IMCO
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- repr
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- yirr
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 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.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- Ice.
-
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- prs.
-
- cyte
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pyo-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Cort
-
- pyr-
-
- 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.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- 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.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Hos.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hor.
-
- phr.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- Com.
-
- pot.
-
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- pre-
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- prec
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- HRIP
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copy
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Cor.
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- ThM
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- Yeo
-
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hrs
-
- ics
-
- HRE
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- HST
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- io-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ROI
-
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- CPR
-
- CIP
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPI
-
- CPM
-
- CPO
-
- TRH
-
- CPS
-
- Cym
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- tph
-
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- CYO
-
- CIM
-
- CST
-
- Co.
-
- TTY
-
- 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
-
- ch.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- cp.
-
- CIE
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- Tro
-
- CSR
-
- cte
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ESR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ery
-
- TMO
-
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ety
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- HMS
-
- hr.
-
- HSM
-
- HCM
-
- HCR
-
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- THC
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ec-
-
- ECM
-
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- Ehr
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eir
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- TTS
-
- th-
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pm.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- PCI
-
- PCM
-
- PCS
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- pc.
-
- sht
-
- shp
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhM
-
- sho
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PHS
-
- py-
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- OTS
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- ier
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- OPM
-
- ote
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ory
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Pym
-
noun,
John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- OTC
-
- Rs.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RPO
-
- RCT
-
- RPM
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ROP
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RMC
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SCM
-
- RPS
-
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PIO
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- PMT
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- 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.
- POR
-
- PRC
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- se-
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTT
-
- SCP
-
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- op.
-
- MEP
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- IOT
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- MCI
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- 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.
- MCP
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- MCR
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- MEC
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noun,
a pimp; mack.
- Meo
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noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ior
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- iph
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- STP
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- MHE
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- mho
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noun,
See under siemens.
- IOC
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- MHR
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- mi.
-
- my-
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- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TCS
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- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- yis
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ite
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- IRO
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- ise
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- ish
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- IRC
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- ISR
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- ist
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- Ir.
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- ITC
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- IPS
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- ity
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- MSC
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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.
- Teh
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noun,
Te.
- ipr
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- Mc-
-
- Me.
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- Mo.
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- IPO
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- MS.
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plural,
manuscript.
- IPM
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- MIP
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- MIE
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- IRS
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- Sr.
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- yet
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Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- MOT
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MTI
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- MTh
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- STM
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- Mt.
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- St.
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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.
- spt
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- MOS
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noun,
moment (def 1).
- MPE
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- MPH
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
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- SPR
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- MRI
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- MRP
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- MSE
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- MSH
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- MTO
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- MOR
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- MST
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- MOP
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noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Oc.
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- MIT
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- yer
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- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- yip
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noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- MTS
-
- MTP
-
- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- yes
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noun,
an affirmative reply.
- Moe
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noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
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- tet
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noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- sty
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noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- IHS
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- STI
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- IHP
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- MSI
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- yr
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- CE
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- TT
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- YT
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- RO
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- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- SM
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- S.
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- ry
-
- CM
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- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- i.
-
- Y.
-
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- ic
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- RP
-
- IP
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- cy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- HI
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- EI
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TP
-
- P.
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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.
- eh
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interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- ey
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- TM
-
- O.
-
- HP
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- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- RI
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- Hy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- RH
-
- RC
-
- R.
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- HO
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noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- M.
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- MP
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TC
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- T1
-
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- ty
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- MH
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- PH
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- HE
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noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- t.
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