Anagrams of plainstones
Word plainstones has
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- seal-point
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noun,
a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- insolates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insolents
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noun,
an insolent person.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- estonians
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- sensation
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noun,
the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
- antipoles
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- Neo-Latin
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noun,
New Latin.
- saponites
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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.
- pointless
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adjective,
without a point:
- pentosans
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noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- spoliates
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- spaniels
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- 11-point
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- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- pensions
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- pintanos
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- Ossetian
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noun,
an Osset.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- antipole
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- platino-
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- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- anisoles
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- apostils
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- pentosan
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noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- spoliate
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- 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.
- pistoles
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- steapsin
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noun,
the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- polentas
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- saponins
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noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- insolent
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noun,
an insolent person.
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- isolates
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- painless
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adjective,
without pain; causing little or no pain:
- topsails
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- tensions
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- potline
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- enation
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- pansies
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noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- pannose
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adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- Lepanto
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noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- tenpins
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- pintano
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- telsons
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- linnets
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noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- piolets
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- palsies
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- pinnate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- pension
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Stinnes
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noun,
Hugo [hoo-gaw;; English hyoo-goh] /ˈhu gɔ;; English ˈhyu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1924, German industrialist.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- inspans
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verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Staples
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- patsies
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noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- instals
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verb (used with object),
install.
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- intens.
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- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- splints
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spleno-
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- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- spinals
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Passion
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noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- spinels
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- ptisans
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noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- pissant
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noun,
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Etonian
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noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- pastels
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- espanol
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noun,
the Spanish language.
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- pasties
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noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- Estonia
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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.
- pastose
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adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- spitals
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- sonants
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- snap-on
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adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- sennits
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noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- siennas
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- Ossetia
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noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- Antoine
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tonsils
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- pointel
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noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- pointal
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noun,
pointel.
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- sestina
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noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- Nilsson
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noun,
(Märta) Birgit [mahr-tah bir-git;; English mahr-tuh bur-git] /ˈmɑr tɑ ˈbɪr gɪt;; English ˈmɑr tə ˈbɜr gɪt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2005, Swedish soprano.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tin-pan
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adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- apostil
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noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- solates
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Neilson
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noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- topsail
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- topline
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adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- pistole
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponin
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noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- topless
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adjective,
lacking a top:
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- postals
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- Plantin
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noun,
Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- polenta
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- sapotes
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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.
- nasions
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Pontian
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noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- nelsons
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noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- splen-
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- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- lapins
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noun,
a rabbit.
- spital
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- sepias
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- spoils
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noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- splats
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noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- sepals
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- patens
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noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Nepali
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noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- spoilt
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noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- stanes
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- stapes
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noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nissan
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noun,
Nisan.
- patios
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noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- stales
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adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- septi-
-
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- snipes
-
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.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- satins
-
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.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- 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.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- steno-
-
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- 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.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- paleo-
-
- lepto-
-
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- slopes
-
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- paleon
-
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- aspens
-
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.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- 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.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- 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.
- 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.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- polit.
-
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plani-
-
- plano-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aniso-
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pleio-
-
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- saleps
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- 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.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- penta-
-
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Inness
-
noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- pennis
-
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- eosins
-
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.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- poss.
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- plio-
-
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Penn.
-
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- 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.
- seats
-
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.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- 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.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- noses
-
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.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- poet.
-
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Sept.
-
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- seti-
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- pant-
-
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- post-
-
- 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.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sanit
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- 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.
- Sans.
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- 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.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- 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.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- peta-
-
- pale-
-
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- 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.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- pass.
-
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- plast
-
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- pases
-
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.
- plat.
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- 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.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- oste-
-
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- sates
-
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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plan-
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- opsis
-
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- nona-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- anon.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Ital.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- ante-
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- step-
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- 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.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- teno-
-
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- spies
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- annot
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- assn.
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- asst.
-
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- ation
-
- telo-
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- ento-
-
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- anti-
-
- ileo-
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- IATSE
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- 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.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- 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.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- apses
-
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.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- tonia
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- sito-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- natl.
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- naso-
-
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- nano-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 30-30
-
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- 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.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- sines
-
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.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- nests
-
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.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Tenn.
-
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- sones
-
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.
- lipo-
-
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- anis-
-
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- span-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- alti-
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snaps
-
- 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.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- soaps
-
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.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tonn
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- pot.
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- pos.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- top-
-
- tion
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- PSAT
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sat.
-
- Sol.
-
- SASE
-
- 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.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- soln
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- 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.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seps
-
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.
- sepn
-
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- pts.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- psia
-
- ten.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Soni
-
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Ste.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lip-
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- 1080
-
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lit.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- 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.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 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:
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lani
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ANSI
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- 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.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ann.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ELAS
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- 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 = .
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- itol
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- inae
-
- ile-
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- epi-
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epit
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- ESIS
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- 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).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Ont.
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- osis
-
- pil-
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- opia
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- 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.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- 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.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pan.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- PLSS
-
- nos-
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pnea
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- NTIA
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Pol.
-
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- non-
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- TSI
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- TAL
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- ESL
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- TSE
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TSP
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESA
-
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- STI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- ae.
-
- ine
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ial
-
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IAS
-
- STL
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- al.
-
- Ia.
-
- an.
-
- io-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- STP
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- in.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ETO
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ap-
-
- ETS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ASN
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- pl.
-
- TIA
-
- PSE
-
- PSS
-
- ASI
-
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ase
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PIO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- PSA
-
- tlo
-
- APS
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Apl
-
- 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.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- pli
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SAE
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- en-
-
- 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.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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:
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- EIS
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- POA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- eo-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- PLO
-
- ATP
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- 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 = .
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Ola
-
- LON
-
- OIt
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LSS
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- se-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- OPA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- ose
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- NES
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- 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:
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Npt
-
- NOP
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SLA
-
- LTA
-
- OAP
-
- SLP
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- OAS
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SLE
-
- op.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- TSS
-
- ite
-
- SSN
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- PTO
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ist
-
- Lt.
-
- ITA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- La.
-
- Les
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Sta
-
- SPS
-
- spt
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSE
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- pt.
-
- Isl
-
- Ps.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lep
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- 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.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ot-
-
- IOT
-
- OTA
-
- ise
-
- ote
-
- SSI
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- ISA
-
- IPS
-
- IPA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- IPO
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- AO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- L.
-
- IP
-
- NL
-
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TP
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- t.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- S.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SA
-
- SL
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- le
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ol
-
- T1
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SN
-
- TL
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- NP
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- TN
-