Anagrams of phylacteries
Word phylacteries has
2469 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of phylacteries.
- replicates
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- sphalerite
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noun,
a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- archetypes
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noun,
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- Parcheesi
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- three-ply
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adjective,
consisting of three thicknesses, laminations, strands, or the like.
- praelects
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- replicate
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- archetype
-
noun,
the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
- therapies
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noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- specialty
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noun,
a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- eparchies
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noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- teacherly
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adjective,
characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- heretical
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- peristyle
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noun,
a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- Priestley
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noun,
J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- spherical
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adjective,
having the form of a sphere; globular.
- petechial
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adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- periclase
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noun,
a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- prelacies
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- clipsheet
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noun,
a sheet of paper printed on one side for convenience in cutting and reprinting, containing news items, features, cartoons, etc., and distributed by public relations firms, publishers, and similar organizations.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- praelect
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- asperity
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noun,
harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony:
- chiseler
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noun,
a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- hearties
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noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- heartily
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adverb,
in a hearty manner; cordially:
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- Christly
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adjective,
Christlike.
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- celerity
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noun,
swiftness; speed.
- seraphic
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- scyphate
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adjective,
being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- preaches
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verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- petechia
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noun,
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- hectares
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- hysteria
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noun,
an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- Pharisee
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noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- philters
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noun,
a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- chaplets
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noun,
a wreath or garland for the head.
- Thespiae
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noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- chaptrel
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noun,
a capital, as on a pilaster or vaulting shaft, engaged in masonry on one or more sides.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- harelips
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noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- charleys
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noun,
Victor Charlie.
- philtres
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noun, verb (used with object),
philter.
- pleaches
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verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- particle
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noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- phreatic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to ground water.
- literacy
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- phyletic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- cheaters
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- pastiche
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noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- chelates
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noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- Asherite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Asher.
- epistyle
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noun,
the architrave of a classical building.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- apyretic
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adjective,
free from fever.
- hysteric
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noun,
Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- Cytherea
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noun,
Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- yearlies
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noun,
a publication appearing once a year.
- Pericles
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noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- clypeate
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adjective,
shaped like a round shield or buckler.
- especial
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adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- preheats
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- earlship
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noun,
earldom (def 1).
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- priestly
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adjective,
of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal:
- calipees
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- psaltery
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noun,
an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- shiralee
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noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- percales
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- Heracles
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noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- leathery
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adjective,
like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- pitchers
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- capelets
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- Strachey
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noun,
(Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- herpetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- leathers
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- replaces
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- hepatics
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- physical
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noun,
physical examination.
- hyalites
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noun,
a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass, and sometimes whitish and translucent.
- trachles
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noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- Easterly
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noun,
a wind that blows from the east.
- telphers
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- prelects
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- heeltaps
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noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Sectary
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noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- eparchs
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noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- cashier
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noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- eparchy
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noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- spheral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sphere.
- Elspeth
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- pyretic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- Pyrites
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noun,
pyrite.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- teaches
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noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- chalets
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noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- cephal-
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- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- shelter
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noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- parleys
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- telpher
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- spicery
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noun,
spice.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- lathery
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adjective,
consisting of, covered with, or capable of producing lather.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- escheat
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- ceriphs
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noun,
serif.
- parsley
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noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- lathers
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noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- parches
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- chaplet
-
noun,
a wreath or garland for the head.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- clasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- clarity
-
noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- peaches
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noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- clerisy
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noun,
learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.
- yester-
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- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- starchy
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- Cythera
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noun,
a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- earthly
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adjective,
of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- replace
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- lechers
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- Crystal
-
noun,
a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- lechery
-
noun,
unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- clyster
-
noun,
an enema.
- shapely
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adjective,
having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- leather
-
noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- perches
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noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Perchta
-
noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- Shapley
-
noun,
Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- relishy
-
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- replays
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noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- chapter
-
noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- cheapie
-
noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Chelsea
-
noun,
a former borough in Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea; many residences of artists and writers.
- chelate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chelate compound.
- cheerly
-
adverb,
Archaic. cheerily; cheeringly.
- satchel
-
noun,
a small bag, sometimes with a shoulder strap.
- cheater
-
noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- reptile
-
noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- philter
-
noun,
a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- caplets
-
- teacher
-
noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- sheitel
-
noun,
a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- philtre
-
noun, verb (used with object),
philter.
- Charlie
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
- Charles
-
noun,
(Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II).
- Charley
-
noun,
Victor Charlie.
- Charity
-
noun,
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:
- charily
-
adverb,
carefully; warily.
- electr-
-
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- cypsela
-
noun,
an achene with an adherent calyx, as in the composite plants.
- Chi-tse
-
noun,
Ki Tse.
- ectypes
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- cyphers
-
noun,
zero.
- replica
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- eyelash
-
noun,
one of the short, thick, curved hairs growing as a fringe on the edge of an eyelid.
- Christy
-
noun,
Christie.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Chester
-
noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- sharpie
-
noun,
sharper.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- patches
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- leaches
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- piscary
-
noun,
Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- archsee
-
noun,
archbishopric.
- archit.
-
- archils
-
noun,
orchil.
- Hartley
-
noun,
David, 1705–57, English physician and philosopher.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- hipster
-
noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- threaps
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- plicate
-
adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- ratches
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- letches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- healers
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- larches
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- aphetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- harslet
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- therapy
-
noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- halters
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- Theresa
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- hyster-
-
- theriac
-
noun,
molasses; treacle.
- Harpies
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- haptics
-
noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- harelip
-
noun,
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- retches
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- slather
-
noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- prithee
-
interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- hyalite
-
noun,
a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass, and sometimes whitish and translucent.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- helpers
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- hepatic
-
noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- hepcats
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- prythee
-
interjection,
prithee.
- aethers
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- 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.
- 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.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- trysail
-
noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- pteryla
-
noun,
one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- helices
-
noun,
a plural of helix.
- trachle
-
noun,
an exhausting effort, especially walking or working.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- aitches
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- Scythia
-
noun,
the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- Heaters
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- scyphi-
-
- hectare
-
noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- preachy
-
adjective,
tediously or pretentiously didactic.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- trachy-
-
- heeltap
-
noun,
a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- preheat
-
verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- prelacy
-
noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- typical
-
adjective,
of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- prelect
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- Presley
-
noun,
Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- slither
-
noun,
a slithering movement; slide.
- Thraces
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- spathic
-
adjective,
like spar.
- calipee
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- reshape
-
verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- placers
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Paisley
-
noun,
a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Pitcher
-
noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- ethical
-
adjective,
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- thalers
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- pitches
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- ethylic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the ethyl group.
- sealery
-
noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- cahiers
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- reaches
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- Pythias
-
noun,
Damon and Pythias.
- Shirley
-
noun,
James, 1596–1666, English dramatist.
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- caliphs
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- latches
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- reality
-
noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- Theiler
-
noun,
Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- tephras
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- halites
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- Script.
-
- heresy
-
noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- liches
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- slatch
-
noun,
a relatively smooth interval between heavy seas.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- lyrist
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lyrics
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- ethyls
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- replay
-
noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- ectype
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- riches
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- Easley
-
noun,
a town in NW South Carolina.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- Hersey
-
noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- cryst.
-
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- riyals
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- leches
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- pearly
-
adjective,
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- lichts
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- hepta-
-
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- lycees
-
noun,
a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- sypher
-
verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- paltry
-
adjective,
ridiculously or insultingly small:
- Syriac
-
noun,
a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Ripley
-
noun,
George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- yclept
-
verb,
a past participle of clepe.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- easily
-
adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- peachy
-
adjective,
resembling a peach, as in color or appearance.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- helic-
-
- steely
-
adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- lecher
-
noun,
a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- earthy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- Helper
-
noun,
a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- hepat-
-
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- 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.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- patri-
-
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- partly
-
adverb,
in part; to some extent or degree; partially; not wholly:
- yachts
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- shelty
-
noun,
Shetland pony.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Harley
-
noun,
Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, British statesman.
- lesche
-
noun,
an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- Sheryl
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Shirley.
- parity
-
noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- Elisha
-
noun,
Also, Douay Bible, Eliseus [el-i-see-uh s] /ˌɛl ɪˈsi əs/ (Show IPA). a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century b.c., the successor of Elijah. II Kings 3–9.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- Lepcha
-
noun,
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Sheila
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Parley
-
noun,
a discussion or conference.
- Hitler
-
noun,
Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- halite
-
noun,
a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt.
- spilth
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- haptic
-
noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- spacey
-
adjective,
spaced-out (def 2).
- payees
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- hyper-
-
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- hearty
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- Hilary
-
noun,
Hilarius, Saint.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- 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.
- hyetal
-
adjective,
of or relating to rain or rainfall.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- pathic
-
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- Hyeres
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- patchy
-
adjective,
characterized by or made up of patches.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Stacey
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- eyalet
-
noun,
vilayet.
- Halsey
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Bull") 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- sharpy
-
noun,
sharpie.
- 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):
- sphery
-
adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- elect.
-
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- sleety
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- shirty
-
adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- pastry
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- sleepy
-
adjective,
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- 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.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- Thayer
-
noun,
Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- Pythia
-
noun,
the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- search
-
noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- pitchy
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in pitch.
- caliph
-
noun,
a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- plashy
-
adjective,
marshy; wet.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- plasty
-
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Ashley
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Player
-
noun,
a person or thing that plays.
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- Searcy
-
noun,
a city in central Arkansas.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- platy-
-
- teleph
-
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- crypt-
-
- 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.
- caplet
-
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- careys
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- 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.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- piracy
-
noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platys
-
noun,
platyfish.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- Schley
-
noun,
Winfield Scott [win-feeld] /ˈwɪnˌfild/ (Show IPA), 1839–1911, U.S. rear admiral.
- laches
-
noun,
failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- schlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Rachel
-
noun,
Jacob's favorite wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Gen. 29–35.
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- triply
-
adverb,
to a triple number, measure, or degree.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- 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.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Psyche
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a personification of the soul, which in the form of a beautiful girl was loved by Eros.
- trashy
-
adjective,
of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- psych-
-
- acetyl
-
adjective,
containing the acetyl group.
- trich-
-
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ralphs
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- alephs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- archil
-
noun,
orchil.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- archi-
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archly
-
adverb,
in an arch or roguish manner.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- archt.
-
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- pleach
-
verb (used with object),
to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- thirls
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- 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.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- scler-
-
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- plyers
-
noun,
plier.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- 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.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- celery
-
noun,
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- cysti-
-
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cypher
-
noun,
zero.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- chital
-
noun,
axis deer.
- chiral
-
adjective,
(of a molecule) not superimposable on its mirror image.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- chirpy
-
adjective,
chirping or tending to chirp:
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chisel
-
noun,
a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- chrys-
-
- 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.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Chiles
-
noun,
chili.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- creepy
-
adjective,
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:
- 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.
- repays
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- crepey
-
adjective,
(especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface:
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cresyl
-
adjective,
tolyl.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- peltry
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- creasy
-
adjective,
full of creases.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- relish
-
noun,
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- Cleary
-
noun,
Beverly, born 1916, U.S. author.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- tachy-
-
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- chyles
-
noun,
a milky fluid containing emulsified fat and other products of digestion, formed from the chyme in the small intestine and conveyed by the lacteals and the thoracic duct to the veins.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- cheesy
-
adjective,
of or like cheese:
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- cheery
-
adjective,
in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- Philae
-
noun,
an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- recti-
-
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- reechy
-
adjective,
smoky or sooty.
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- 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.
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- Ilesha
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- physic
-
noun,
a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- Chapel
-
noun,
a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship; oratory.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- chalet
-
noun,
a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- septi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- leachy
-
adjective,
allowing water to percolate through, as sandy or rocky soil; porous.
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- cerat-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- phiale
-
noun,
a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chesty
-
adjective,
having a well-developed chest or bosom.
- Cheryl
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lect.
-
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- scat-
-
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- lathy
-
adjective,
lathlike; long and thin.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- lycee
-
noun,
a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- sarc-
-
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- Leith
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Scotland, on the Firth of Forth: now part of Edinburgh.
- latch
-
noun,
a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- scaly
-
adjective,
covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- scary
-
adjective,
causing fright or alarm.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Leahy
-
noun,
William Daniel, 1875–1959, U.S. admiral and diplomat.
- Leach
-
noun,
the act or process of leaching.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- leech
-
noun,
any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- latry
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- lepsy
-
- larch
-
noun,
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Letch
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- lt-yr
-
- licet
-
- pilch
-
noun,
an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.
- recpt
-
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Recit
-
- 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.
- recip
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- pisay
-
noun,
pisé.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- phyl-
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- Phil.
-
- Phila
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- phyla
-
noun,
plural of phylum.
- phile
-
- phyle
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.
- phyre
-
- phys.
-
- phyte
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- peta-
-
- pret.
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prays
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- rcpt.
-
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- plays
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- plast
-
- plat.
-
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- raspy
-
adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- prae-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- payee
-
noun,
a person to whom a check, money, etc., is payable.
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- payt.
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- pale-
-
- Paley
-
noun,
Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- palsy
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rhet.
-
- Parl.
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Lycia
-
noun,
an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lyric
-
noun,
a lyric poem.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lith.
-
- lithe
-
adjective,
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
- lithy
-
adjective,
lithe; supple; flexible.
- lytic
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- 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.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- part.
-
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- rept.
-
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pasty
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- path-
-
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- pathy
-
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- patr-
-
- Patsy
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- 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.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- arith
-
- 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.
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clary
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- clase
-
- clash
-
noun,
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision:
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- styl-
-
- ster.
-
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- Elche
-
noun,
a city in E Spain.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- splay
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Ephes
-
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- step-
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- 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.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- Stacy
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Srta.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- Cathy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- tele-
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Casey
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “brave.”.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- techy
-
noun,
techie.
- tech.
-
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Capt.
-
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- tera-
-
- Cayes
-
noun,
Les. Les Cayes.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caps.
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Carey
-
noun,
male given name, form of Carew.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caryl
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chile
-
noun,
chili.
- chyle
-
noun,
a milky fluid containing emulsified fat and other products of digestion, formed from the chyme in the small intestine and conveyed by the lacteals and the thoracic duct to the veins.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- hect-
-
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cyril
-
noun,
Saint ("Apostle of the Slavs") a.d. 827–869, Greek missionary to the Moravians.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- cyst-
-
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- char-
-
- tears
-
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- astr.
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chays
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- chap.
-
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- chary
-
adjective,
cautious or careful; wary:
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- chela
-
noun,
the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans and arachnids.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Epist
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- shiel
-
noun,
shieling.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- yacht
-
noun,
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- 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.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- 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.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- shlep
-
noun,
Also, schlepper. someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward; drag.
- Yasht
-
noun,
a hymn to a deity.
- iatry
-
- IATSE
-
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- Icel.
-
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- 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.
- shpt.
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- 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.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- herp.
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- typal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a type.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- hyal-
-
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- hier-
-
- Tracy
-
noun,
Spencer, 1900–67, U.S. film actor.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Hylas
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- sylph
-
noun,
a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- 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.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- hist.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- seti-
-
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acet-
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Isth.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- 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.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- itchy
-
adjective,
having or causing an itching sensation.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Lacey
-
noun,
a town in W Washington.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lact-
-
- 30-30
-
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- sect.
-
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- treas
-
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Seric
-
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- acpt.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- acyls
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- Sept.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- acity
-
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- YPSCE
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Hayes
-
noun,
Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- hairy
-
adjective,
covered with hair; having much hair.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- Hayti
-
noun,
former name of Haiti (def 1).
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Haley
-
noun,
Alex, 1921–92, U.S. writer.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- haply
-
adverb,
perhaps; by chance.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Tyche
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of fortune.
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- archy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- ESPEC
-
- 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.
- 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 .
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Esth.
-
- arche
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- 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:
- Ethyl
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spec.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Arch.
-
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Harpy
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- aleph
-
noun,
the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Alyce
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- 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.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- 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:
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- heli-
-
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- helps
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Healy
-
noun,
Timothy Michael, 1855–1931, Irish nationalist politician.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- alti-
-
- Hasty
-
adjective,
moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- 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:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- typ.
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- the-
-
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- racy
-
adjective,
slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tri-
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- 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.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- ter.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- rpt.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Syr.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- rit.
-
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- shr.
-
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- sch.
-
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- scr.
-
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sec.
-
- sech
-
- secy
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sat.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tchr
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Rep.
-
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- rel.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- str.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- thi-
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- SLIC
-
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- repl
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPCA
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Sra.
-
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- 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.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- Ire.
-
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chay
-
noun,
chaise; shay.
- yrs.
-
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- chs.
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- Chr.
-
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- 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.
- Chal
-
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- ICSH
-
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- yech
-
interjection,
yuck1 .
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cir.
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- lea.
-
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lech
-
noun,
a lecherous desire or craving.
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cap.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- cays
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Lacy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atic
-
- ates
-
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- cyl.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- Eth.
-
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- esp.
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- 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.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- 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.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- cts.
-
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- hal-
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 1080
-
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- 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.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elhi
-
adjective,
elementary and high-school:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Eph.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- ect-
-
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- ctr.
-
- cis-
-
- clep
-
- cray
-
adjective,
crazy.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Hyla
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- hyp.
-
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- HRIP
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Clay
-
noun,
a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- cyte
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- help
-
noun,
the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- her.
-
- crat
-
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- asc-
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- perh
-
- PERL
-
- Pers
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Phar
-
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- phr.
-
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pays
-
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- paly
-
adjective,
pale.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Aire
-
- pct.
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- acr-
-
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- 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.
- ACLS
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prs.
-
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- PSAT
-
- acyl
-
adjective,
containing the acyl group.
- psec
-
- achy
-
adjective,
having or causing an aching sensation:
- psia
-
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTH
-
- 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.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- 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.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- aet.
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- 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:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- play
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- PAYE
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Apr.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lys-
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lyte
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lip-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ARIS
-
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- lych
-
noun,
British Obsolete. lich.
- aph-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alis
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alt.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ACS
-
- CIE
-
- ast
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ays
-
- ACP
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ASR
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- TCS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- APS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ALC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- TRH
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- trp
-
- ase
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- al.
-
- ac-
-
- 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.
- Sta
-
- ap-
-
- Ehr
-
- St.
-
- TSE
-
- TSH
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- acy
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- CEA
-
- ASI
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ec-
-
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ECA
-
- ARS
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- THC
-
- TCA
-
- cte
-
- ct.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TLC
-
- CLI
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tlr
-
- tph
-
- cl.
-
- TPI
-
- CLR
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- cle
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CPR
-
- TIA
-
- APC
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CIA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AYH
-
- TAL
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- cay
-
noun,
a small low island; key.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- CAI
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CPL
-
- tra
-
- CTA
-
- CSR
-
- CRS
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- CRT
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- CSA
-
- eir
-
- AHE
-
- STL
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- ATC
-
- at.
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- CST
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- CRP
-
- Apl
-
- CPS
-
- th-
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- cp.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- ch.
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ca.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AIC
-
- AHL
-
- ATP
-
- STP
-
- CIP
-
- RCP
-
- Sr.
-
- rt.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- RSE
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LST
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- LTh
-
- ITC
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ish
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- spt
-
- ite
-
- LCT
-
- ity
-
- SCP
-
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sc.
-
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Ir.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- PLA
-
- RCA
-
- PLC
-
- pli
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- PLR
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- PRA
-
- PRC
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Pa.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- 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.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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.
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PHA
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhL
-
- PHS
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- py-
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ITA
-
- IPS
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- HCR
-
- SLE
-
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- SLA
-
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- RCS
-
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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.
- Syl
-
- 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).
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- sht
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- shp
-
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- SLP
-
- ics
-
- ERP
-
- EIS
-
- SPR
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ery
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SLR
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ety
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- hr.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- 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.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IHS
-
- 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.
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- YCL
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- SHA
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ier
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- YHA
-
- IHP
-
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- 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.
- IPA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- iph
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ipr
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- yer
-
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- Ia.
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- LR
-
- HL
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- yl
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ly
-
- YT
-
- SL
-
- ty
-
- T1
-
- IP
-
- RC
-
- ic
-
- RH
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Y.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ey
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- R.
-
- i.
-
- RP
-
- SA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- h.
-
- LC
-
- yr
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- t.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- le
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TC
-
- ye
-
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):
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- PH
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- TL
-
- TP
-
- LH
-
- EI
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ee
-
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- ry
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.