Anagrams of planetaries
Word planetaries has
1704 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of planetaries.
- Pearlstein
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noun,
Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- Palestrina
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noun,
Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- penetralia
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plural noun,
the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.
- alpestrine
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adjective,
subalpine (def 2).
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- psalteria
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noun,
the omasum.
- Palestine
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noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- palatines
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- parietals
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- seriplane
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noun,
a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- penalties
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noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- alienates
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verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- perinatal
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adjective,
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- alienate
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verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- petaline
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- spelaean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- platinas
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Stapelia
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- asperate
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verb (used with object),
to make rough, harsh, or uneven:
- aspirant
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noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- aspirate
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noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- salt-pan
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noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- Pleasant
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adjective,
pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- sea-lane
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noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- seaplane
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noun,
an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- prenatal
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adjective,
previous to birth or to giving birth:
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- separate
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noun,
Usually, separates. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- septaria
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- airplane
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noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- 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.
- parental
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noun,
Informal. one's parent (often preceded by the):
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- partials
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- partisan
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noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- parasite
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noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- paternal
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adjective,
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- palestra
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- Palatine
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- triplane
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- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- earlaps
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noun,
earflap.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Lenapes
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- peasant
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noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- pastina
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noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- patinas
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noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- patrial
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noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- 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.
- Platina
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- elaenia
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noun,
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- planter
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noun,
a person who plants.
- plantar
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adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- partial
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- Plantae
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noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- planate
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adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- parians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pinatas
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noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- partans
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noun,
a crab.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- tarpans
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noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- transp.
-
- Trapani
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noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Tarpeia
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noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- apteral
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- anapest
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noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- apteria
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noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- Spiraea
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noun,
spirea.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- transl.
-
- spatial
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adjective,
of or relating to space.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- 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.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- Spartan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- aerates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- 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.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- taipans
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noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- 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.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- penta-
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- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- 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.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- patri-
-
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- 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.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- 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.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- 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.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trans.
-
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- 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.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Peraea
-
noun,
a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- selen-
-
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- septi-
-
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- 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.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- 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.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- 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.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- splen-
-
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- 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.
- 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.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Stalin
-
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.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- 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.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- plasia
-
- 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.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- plani-
-
- 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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- 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.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- 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.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- instr.
-
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- 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.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- intra-
-
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- 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.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- arsen-
-
- enter-
-
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Alas.
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- astr.
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Pres.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- petri
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- 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.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- peta-
-
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- pene-
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Epis.
-
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- pert.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Epist
-
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tears
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- prae-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- 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.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- plan-
-
- plat.
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- plast
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Srta.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- anti-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- seti-
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- anat.
-
- anal.
-
- alti-
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- 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.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- 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.
- 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.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- anis-
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- 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.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Arnel
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- resp.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- ASEAN
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- rept.
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- 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.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- 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.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- step-
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- 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.
- sanit
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- ster.
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- 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.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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.
- insep
-
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- insp.
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- pale-
-
- inst.
-
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- pant-
-
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- part.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- IATSE
-
- tera-
-
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Ital.
-
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- para-
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- 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.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Iran.
-
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- natl.
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- treas
-
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- intr.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 30-30
-
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- patr-
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- tele-
-
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- 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.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- 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.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Lat.
-
- aet.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Anas
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- aer-
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- alt.
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Lani
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- 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.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- rpt.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ire.
-
- RNAS
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- AAEE
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Sra.
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Alis
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lin.
-
- tri-
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AARP
-
- ANPA
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- APSA
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- lit.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- lip-
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- lea.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ant.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Pen.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- ter.
-
- ELAS
-
- iana
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- IAEA
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- IATA
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- 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.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- inae
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- pnea
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- par.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Aire
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ile-
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ins.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Pet.
-
- 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.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- epit
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- tel-
-
- Pers
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- PERL
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- per.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- epi-
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pat.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- 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.
- Ala.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- enl.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Ens.
-
- pil-
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- esp.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- NIRA
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- art.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- repl
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Rep.
-
- ates
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- intl
-
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- pts.
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- int.
-
- Pal.
-
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- NTIA
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- prin
-
- prs.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- TSI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Aar
-
- TSP
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AAE
-
- spt
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AAP
-
- tlr
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TSE
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- 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.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- al.
-
- 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.
- TIA
-
- TAL
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- AIA
-
- an.
-
- tra
-
- ae.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- Ar.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ap-
-
- 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.
- trp
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- STI
-
- TPI
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- STL
-
- STP
-
- Sr.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ILS
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILP
-
- in.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pa.
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- ETR
-
- ESR
-
- NPR
-
- EPA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- 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:
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SPR
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- Npt
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ITA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- ite
-
- ISA
-
- lep
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- La.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- IPS
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- IPA
-
- ipr
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Ir.
-
- IRS
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- IRL
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAA
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- pl.
-
- Ep.
-
- PLA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RTS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLA
-
- ARS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SLE
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- SLP
-
- ase
-
- rte
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ASI
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Apl
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- APS
-
- SAR
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- Sp.
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ASN
-
- PRA
-
- Re.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- pli
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- PLR
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- eir
-
- PSE
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- PSA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EAA
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ATP
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- at.
-
- REA
-
- ATA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- SLR
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- EIS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- ean
-
- SN
-
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- L2
-
- le
-
- L1
-
- 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.
- 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.
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- IP
-
- ln
-
- 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.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LR
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- NL
-
- RP
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- TL
-
- SL
-
- TN
-
- TP
-
- NP
-
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- i.
-