Anagrams of pigeon-breast
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- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- bargestone
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noun,
any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- grapestone
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noun,
the seed of a grape.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- Gaberones
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noun,
former name of Gaborone.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- part-song
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noun,
a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
- Steinberg
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noun,
Saul, 1914–1999, U.S. painter, cartoonist, and illustrator; born in Romania.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- Singapore
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noun,
an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- Negritoes
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- espionage
-
noun,
the act or practice of spying.
- personage
-
noun,
a person of distinction or importance.
- aperients
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- sap-green
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noun,
a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- breastpin
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noun,
a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- breasting
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material for covering the heel breast of a shoe.
- progenies
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noun,
a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
- sea-robin
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noun,
any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- Boanerges
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noun,
a surname given by Jesus to James and John. Mark 3:17.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- entropies
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- progestin
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noun,
any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- operating
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adjective,
used or engaged in performing operations:
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- granites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- Peterson
-
noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- bornites
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- anergies
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noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- beignets
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noun,
a fritter or doughnut.
- Gisborne
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noun,
a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pigboats
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noun,
a submarine.
- snot-rag
-
noun,
a handkerchief.
- bepaints
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verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- taborins
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- gentries
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- pronates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- Bretagne
-
noun,
French name of Brittany.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- baronets
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- betonies
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Ratisbon
-
noun,
Regensburg.
- ingrates
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- boatings
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noun,
the use of boats, especially for pleasure:
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- peonages
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noun,
the condition or service of a peon.
- seaborne
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adjective,
transported by ship over the sea.
- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- perigons
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- betaines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- argento-
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- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- saprogen
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noun,
a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- besprent
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adjective,
besprinkled; bestrewn.
- partings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- begonias
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noun,
any tropical plant belonging to the genus Begonia, including species cultivated for the handsome, succulent leaves and waxy flowers.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- roasting
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noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- nose-bag
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noun,
feed bag (def 1).
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- bearings
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noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- Prestige
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noun,
reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- enargite
-
noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- portages
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noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- beatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:
- 11-point
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- Bastogne
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noun,
a town in SE Belgium: in World War II U.S. forces besieged here during German counteroffensive in 1944.
- post-bag
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noun,
mailbag.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- ego-trip
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noun,
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- ebonites
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noun,
vulcanite.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- sporting
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noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- baritone
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noun,
a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Gabonese
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noun,
an inhabitant or native of Gabon.
- ganister
-
noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- probates
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- epigones
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noun,
an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
- probangs
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noun,
a long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge, ball, or the like, at the end, to be introduced into the esophagus or larynx, as for removing foreign bodies, or for introducing medication.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- baronies
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noun,
the domain of a baron.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- Spearing
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noun,
an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- trepangs
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noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- betaine
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- Bastrop
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Seaborg
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noun,
Glenn T(heodor) 1912–1999, U.S. chemist: chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission 1961–71; Nobel prize 1951.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- basting
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noun,
sewing with long, loose stitches to hold material in place until the final sewing.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Seagirt
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noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- bigener
-
noun,
a bigeneric hybrid, as certain orchids.
- begonia
-
noun,
any tropical plant belonging to the genus Begonia, including species cultivated for the handsome, succulent leaves and waxy flowers.
- saprobe
-
noun,
saprophyte.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- beignet
-
noun,
a fritter or doughnut.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- obtains
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- niobate
-
noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- Bepaint
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- beating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Bergson
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1859–1941, French philosopher and writer: Nobel Prize in Literature 1927.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- bearing
-
noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Iobates
-
noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- biogens
-
noun,
a hypothetical protein molecule, large and unstable, once assumed to be basic to fundamental biological processes.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- stereo-
-
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- sterno-
-
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- sparing
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- gabions
-
noun,
a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- stoping
-
noun,
a process by which magmas move upward in the earth by breaking off and engulfing blocks of overlying rocks.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Sorbian
-
noun,
Also called Lusatian, Wendish. a Slavic language spoken by an isolated group in E Germany.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entero-
-
- epigone
-
noun,
an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
- enrobes
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- springe
-
noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
-
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- sponger
-
noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- ebonies
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- gastro-
-
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Sergipe
-
noun,
a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
- barongs
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed knife or cleaver used by the Moros.
- borages
-
noun,
a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.
Compare borage family.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- bonitas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serpigo
-
noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- boneset
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- Bonaire
-
noun,
an island in the E Netherlands Antilles, in the S West Indies. 95 sq. mi. (245 sq. km).
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- boating
-
noun,
the use of boats, especially for pleasure:
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- brogans
-
noun,
a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- taborin
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- genito-
-
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- Gestapo
-
noun,
the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- bo-tree
-
noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- grabens
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- borings
-
noun,
Machinery.
the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
the hole so made.
- boranes
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rasping
-
noun,
a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping:
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- peonage
-
noun,
the condition or service of a peon.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- antero-
-
- parings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- pargets
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- perigon
-
noun,
an angle of 360°.
- pongees
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- porgies
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- porting
-
noun,
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- Paoting
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Baoding.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- postage
-
noun,
the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- transp.
-
- pibgorn
-
noun,
an ancient wind instrument of Wales resembling the hornpipe.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pirogen
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- ragtops
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- arseno-
-
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- pebrine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- trepang
-
noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- parting
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that parts.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- pigboat
-
noun,
a submarine.
- aristo-
-
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- Agriope
-
noun,
Eurydice.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- Portage
-
noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- baronet
-
noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- bangers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- presage
-
noun,
a presentiment or foreboding.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- petrog.
-
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- prisage
-
noun,
the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- apogees
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- bareges
-
noun,
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- posting
-
noun,
assignment to a post, command, or particular location, especially in a military or governmental capacity.
- probits
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- protege
-
noun,
a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- potages
-
noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- bagnios
-
noun,
a brothel.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- probang
-
noun,
a long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge, ball, or the like, at the end, to be introduced into the esophagus or larynx, as for removing foreign bodies, or for introducing medication.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- probate
-
noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- genit.
-
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- pingos
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- gipons
-
noun,
jupon.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gibson
-
noun,
a dry martini cocktail garnished with a pearl onion.
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Gibran
-
noun,
Kahlil [kah-leel] /kɑˈlil/ (Show IPA), 1883–1931, Lebanese mystic, poet, dramatist, and artist; in the U.S. after 1910.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Gibeon
-
noun,
a town in ancient Palestine, NW of Jerusalem. Josh. 9:3.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Piaget
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- gobies
-
noun,
any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- petro-
-
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prangs
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- sponge
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spiro-
-
- 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.
- potage
-
noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- pongee
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- probes
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Presb.
-
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Gasper
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gastr-
-
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Gbaris
-
noun,
Gwari.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- gapers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- pogies
-
noun,
a porgy.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- spigot
-
noun,
a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- gabies
-
noun,
a fool.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- gabion
-
noun,
a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.
- ptero-
-
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- graben
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- panto-
-
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- rebops
-
noun,
bop1 .
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- paring
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parget
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- pagnes
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- pagers
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- grani-
-
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serbo-
-
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- iatro-
-
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- penta-
-
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- septi-
-
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- grano-
-
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Greats
-
- grebes
-
noun,
any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- pengos
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isopag
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- patri-
-
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- instr.
-
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inorg.
-
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- 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.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- barges
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- barit.
-
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- binges
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Baring
-
noun,
Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- bingos
-
noun,
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- barong
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed knife or cleaver used by the Moros.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- trans.
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- barege
-
noun,
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
- apogee
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- biogas
-
noun,
any gas fuel derived from the decay of organic matter, as the mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of sewage, manure, garbage, or plant crops.
- biogen
-
noun,
a hypothetical protein molecule, large and unstable, once assumed to be basic to fundamental biological processes.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Strega
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- bating
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Brogan
-
noun,
a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- angio-
-
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- aniso-
-
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- brings
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Borgia
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- bagnio
-
noun,
a brothel.
- Borges
-
noun,
Jorge Luis [hawr-he lwees] /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- bogans
-
noun,
a backwater, usually narrow and tranquil.
- 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):
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Bogart
-
noun,
a person who hogs or monopolizes something.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- borage
-
noun,
a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.
Compare borage family.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- Boring
-
noun,
Machinery.
the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
the hole so made.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- bonsai
-
noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- astro-
-
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- astron
-
- Bonita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Bangor
-
noun,
a seaport in S Maine, on the Penobscot River.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- banger
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- tarso-
-
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- arsen-
-
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- Bosnia
-
noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- tribo-
-
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Bering
-
noun,
Vitus [vee-too s] /ˈvi tʊs/ (Show IPA), 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- aeron.
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- beiges
-
noun,
very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- 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.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- Bergen
-
noun,
Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
- begins
-
verb (used with object),
to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of (some action):
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- 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.
- begets
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- stego-
-
- Egbert
-
noun,
a.d. 775?–839, king of the West Saxons 802–839; 1st king of the English 828–839.
- steno-
-
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- agron.
-
- begats
-
plural noun,
genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- begone
-
verb (used without object),
to go away; depart (usually used in the imperative).
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- enter-
-
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- beings
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Regt.
-
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- tera-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Begin
-
noun,
Menachem [muh-nah-khuh m] /məˈnɑ xəm/ (Show IPA), 1913–92, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1977–83; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- begot
-
verb,
simple past tense and a past participle of beget.
- Paige
-
noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- being
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- beige
-
noun,
very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- pant-
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- reni-
-
- beget
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Bart.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- OPers
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- rept.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- oste-
-
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Bangs
-
noun,
John Kendrick [ken-drik] /ˈkɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1862–1922, U.S. humorist.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- begat
-
verb,
simple past tense of beget.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- baro-
-
- resp.
-
- Oreg.
-
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- beeps
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- OBrit
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- began
-
verb,
simple past tense of begin.
- barge
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- begar
-
noun,
compulsory labor, as for the repair of bridges or roads.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- orig.
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- ento-
-
- pari-
-
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trig.
-
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- poet.
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- angi-
-
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- agro-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- 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.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- post-
-
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- pros.
-
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prob.
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trop-
-
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Prog.
-
- 30-30
-
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- pron.
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- aero-
-
- Prot.
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- prae-
-
- 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.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- abstr
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- ation
-
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- tonia
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- pene-
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- 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.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- ante-
-
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- 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.
- treas
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- peta-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- 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.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- areo-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- pert.
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- Gabon
-
noun,
Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- grebe
-
noun,
any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- seti-
-
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Bonpa
-
noun,
a member of the Bön sect.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- tangs
-
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- grabs
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- gains
-
- Beng.
-
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Gabor
-
noun,
Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Goren
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noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- spean
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verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Bogan
-
noun,
a backwater, usually narrow and tranquil.
- 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.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- IATSE
-
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Igbos
-
noun,
Ibo.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Bogie
-
noun,
Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Gabes
-
noun,
Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- bongs
-
noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- bones
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- groan
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Sept.
-
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- gibes
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Geber
-
noun,
(Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Gbari
-
noun,
Gwari.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Bring
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Brig.
-
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Bragi
-
noun,
the god of poetry and eloquence, son of Odin, husband of Idun: may be an apotheosis of the 9th-century poet Bragi Boddason.
- Sino-
-
- Gobat
-
noun,
Albert [French al-ber] /French alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Swiss lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.
- span-
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- sing.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- BPetE
-
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- BSRet
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- garbs
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- Garbo
-
noun,
Greta (Greta Lovisa Gustaffson) 1905–90, U.S. film actress, born in Sweden.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- brags
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- sito-
-
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- nears
-
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- sanit
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- Nebr.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- bergs
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- teno-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- naso-
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- Srta.
-
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Epis.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Epist
-
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- ergo-
-
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- 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.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- engr.
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Nabis
-
- spor-
-
- intr.
-
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- insp.
-
- biont
-
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- 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 .
- tears
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- bingo
-
noun,
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all numbers on the card.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- estab
-
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- insep
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- stge.
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- biog.
-
- step-
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sebi-
-
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- binge
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- Bigot
-
noun,
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- ster.
-
- Iran.
-
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- stg.
-
- tRNA
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- RIBA
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Sra.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- tab.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- pts.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- TRIB
-
- psig
-
- tri-
-
- Ste.
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- psia
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- ptg.
-
- tron
-
- PSAT
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- str.
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- prs.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- SATB
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Sat.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Rep.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Sab.
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- rpt.
-
- RONA
-
- ter.
-
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- RNAS
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- sepn
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Soni
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- 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.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tion
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Tob.
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Reg.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sig.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- top-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rit.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Gabe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- Gabo
-
noun,
Naum [noum] /naʊm/ (Show IPA), (Naum Pevsner) 1890–1977, U.S. sculptor, born in Russia (brother of Antoine Pevsner).
- gabs
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- garb
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- eso-
-
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Gen.
-
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- BSRT
-
- BSPT
-
- BSPE
-
- 1080
-
- Eng.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- 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).
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ergs
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- BSOT
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Igbo
-
noun,
Ibo.
- ign.
-
- inae
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- ISBN
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- pro-
-
- gobs
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gibs
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- Gibe
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- Gobi
-
noun,
a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gres
-
- gras
-
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grab
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- gon-
-
- BSPA
-
- BSNA
-
- NEbE
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bar.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Bang
-
noun,
a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- ator
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- BAgr
-
- BAgE
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- aer-
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- aet.
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- agit
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- 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.
- ano-
-
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- agr.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- agst
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- BSIT
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bops
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Borg
-
noun,
Björn [byawrn] /byɔrn/ (Show IPA), born 1956, Swedish tennis player.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bot.
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- BPOE
-
- Brag
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- bong
-
noun,
a dull, resonant sound, as of a large bell.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSGE
-
- BSEP
-
- BSEE
-
- BSAE
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- begs
-
noun,
bey.
- bet.
-
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bio-
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Bing
-
noun,
a heap or pile.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bin-
-
- biga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses harnessed abreast.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- NRAB
-
- NRPB
-
- Pet.
-
- NTIA
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- NTSB
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pers
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Nor.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- opia
-
- Pan.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- Ont.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- org.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- par.
-
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- obs.
-
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- 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.
- not-
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- prin
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- neo-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pnea
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- pos.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- Tbi
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- PSE
-
- Abp
-
- Tro
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- 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.
- TBO
-
- abt
-
- ae.
-
- TBA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- bog
-
noun,
wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- PSA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- PRA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- PBS
-
- Bn.
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- BNS
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ASI
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OSP
-
- BSA
-
- an.
-
- BSE
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ag-
-
- ab-
-
- ot-
-
- trp
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- ap-
-
- BSN
-
- ose
-
- BSO
-
- TSE
-
- BSP
-
- STP
-
- TSI
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- TSP
-
- BRT
-
- OTS
-
- abn
-
- BPS
-
- PaG
-
- REA
-
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- BPA
-
- BPE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- BPI
-
- Ps.
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Ar.
-
- prn
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Pr.
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BRE
-
- Pg.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Pa.
-
- PSG
-
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- RBI
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Br.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- RPS
-
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Re.
-
- Tng
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- APS
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- TNB
-
- bp.
-
- 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:
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ase
-
- at.
-
- asb
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ARS
-
- be-
-
- ATB
-
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- PIO
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- 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.
- 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.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- BEP
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- POR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- BIE
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Agt
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Bt.
-
- TIA
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- POA
-
- 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.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- PGA
-
- APB
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- TGN
-
- ANG
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- aor
-
- POB
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- BST
-
- STI
-
- BTE
-
- GTS
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- GRB
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- gre
-
- Sgt
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Gr.
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- RPG
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- RPO
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- ier
-
- 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).
- Rs.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- GPS
-
- in.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ges
-
- RNA
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Npt
-
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- ROA
-
- NPR
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- ROG
-
- GNP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ROI
-
- gob
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- ROP
-
- NOP
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- RSA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NRA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ITA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- ite
-
- SAE
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- NES
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- ISR
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SAR
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ist
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- RSE
-
- Sp.
-
- 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.
- ine
-
- ing
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- So.
-
- ior
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IPA
-
- ise
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- SRO
-
- IRO
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- nr.
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ep.
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- EPA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- ONI
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ONR
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- SPR
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- 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.
- ESR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- OBE
-
- EbN
-
- Eg.
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- EOE
-
- EBS
-
- EEG
-
- EEO
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- STB
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPA
-
- ons
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- 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.
- OAP
-
- OAS
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Geb
-
noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- OSA
-
- RGB
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- OSB
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- op.
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- ob.
-
- NSA
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- GOP
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ETS
-
- GBE
-
- ETR
-
- Ga.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- gi.
-
- ETO
-
- 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.
- N.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- TG
-
- ee
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NG
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
-
- SN
-
- Eb
-
- T1
-
- OG
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RO
-
- AO
-
- EI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- i.
-
- G.
-
- IG
-
- RN
-
- RP
-
- GB
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TP
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- GP
-
- R.
-
- SA
-
- GN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- 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.
- 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.
- PB
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OA
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- BG
-
- rg
-
- TN
-
- IP
-
- BO
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- SG
-
- RI
-