Anagrams of polliniferous
Word polliniferous has
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that can be made by using the letters of polliniferous.
- rooflines
-
noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- repulsion
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noun,
the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- nullifies
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verb (used with object),
to render or declare legally void or inoperative:
- pillories
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noun,
a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- nullipore
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noun,
any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- prelusion
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noun,
a prelude.
- prolusion
-
noun,
a preliminary written article.
- Solferino
-
noun,
a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- fluorines
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noun,
the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
- profusion
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noun,
abundance; abundant quantity.
- felonious
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adjective,
Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony:
- perfusion
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noun,
the act of perfusing.
- fluorine
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noun,
the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- profiles
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- perilous
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adjective,
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
- purloins
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pillions
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noun,
a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
- roofline
-
noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- Polonius
-
noun,
the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- illusion
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noun,
something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- nol-pros
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verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- sunproof
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adjective,
impervious to sunlight or damage by the rays of the sun.
- pruinose
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adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- purifies
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verb (used with object),
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates:
- spoonful
-
noun,
as much as a spoon can hold.
- fusilier
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noun,
a member of a British regiment formerly armed with fusils.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- pleuron
-
noun,
the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- fill-up
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noun,
an act or instance of filling up, as a tank with fuel.
- pelorus
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noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- fillips
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noun,
an act or instance of filliping; a smart tap or stroke.
- fillies
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noun,
a young female horse.
- fill-in
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noun,
a person or thing that fills in, as a substitute, replacement, or insertion:
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- Fellini
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noun,
Federico [Italian fe-de-ree-kaw] /Italian ˌfɛ dɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1920–1993, Italian film director and writer.
- fillers
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- perfins
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noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- pleuro-
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- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- spleno-
-
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- fullers
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noun,
a person who fulls cloth.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- furioso
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adverb,
forcefully; turbulently.
- olefins
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- follies
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noun,
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- pollens
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noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- foliose
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adjective,
Botany. leafy.
- foliole
-
noun,
a leaflet, as of a compound leaf.
- sirloin
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- profuse
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adjective,
spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in):
- ill-use
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noun,
Also, ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
- fluoro-
-
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- florous
-
- florins
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inpours
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- ourself
-
pronoun,
one's own person, individuality, etc., considered as private and apart from others:
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- spinule
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noun,
a small spine.
- profile
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- fleuron
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noun,
a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- pinfire
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adjective,
of or relating to a cartridge fitted with a pin that, when struck by the hammer of the firearm, causes the cartridge to explode.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pileous
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adjective,
hairy or furry.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- pilfers
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verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- upsilon
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- unifies
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become a single unit; unite:
- unloose
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- purlins
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- unpiles
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verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- lupines
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- purloin
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- enrolls
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- pillion
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noun,
a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- refills
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- Ellison
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noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- unroofs
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verb (used with object),
to take off the roof or covering of.
- lineups
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- unrolls
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verb (used with object),
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- elusion
-
noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- purines
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- leprous
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adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- Rollins
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noun,
Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- sunroof
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noun,
a section of an automobile roof that can be slid or lifted open.
- purfles
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noun,
Also called purfling. an ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.
- sulfone
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing the bivalent group –SO 2 –, united with two hydrocarbon groups.
- pilules
-
noun,
a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- pull-on
-
noun,
an item of apparel that is pulled on, as a sweater or glove.
- pull-in
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noun, adjective,
drive-in.
- superl.
-
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- refill
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- poseur
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- rifles
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noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- porous
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adjective,
full of pores.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- posole
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noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- Snefru
-
noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Iloilo
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noun,
a seaport on S Panay, in the central Philippines.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- fusion
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- Fuller
-
noun,
a person who fulls cloth.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- L-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- purlin
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- lupine
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- senufo
-
noun,
a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- purfle
-
noun,
Also called purfling. an ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- neurol
-
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- sinful
-
adjective,
characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- nullos
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infill
-
noun,
the planned conversion of empty lots, underused or rundown buildings, and other available space in densely built-up urban and suburban areas for use as sites for commercial buildings and housing, frequently as an alternative to overdevelopment of rural areas.
- lineup
-
noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- neuro-
-
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- Insull
-
noun,
Samuel, 1859–1938, U.S. public utilities magnate, born in England.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- sporo-
-
- perfin
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- pleur-
-
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Feosol
-
- ferous
-
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Filler
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- fillip
-
noun,
an act or instance of filliping; a smart tap or stroke.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- pleio-
-
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splen-
-
- spiro-
-
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- 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.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- floors
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- sullen
-
adjective,
showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- flori-
-
- unsell
-
verb (used with object),
to dissuade from a belief in the desirability, value, wisdom, or truth of something:
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- pilule
-
noun,
a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- urino-
-
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pilous
-
adjective,
pilose.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- unroof
-
verb (used with object),
to take off the roof or covering of.
- super-
-
- unroll
-
verb (used with object),
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled):
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- unpile
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- pilfer
-
verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Florin
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Pollen
-
noun,
the fertilizing element of flowering plants, consisting of fine, powdery, yellowish grains or spores, sometimes in masses.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- fluors
-
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- foison
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- folios
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- flours
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- Florio
-
noun,
John, 1553?–1625, English lexicographer and translator.
- follis
-
noun,
a bag of copper or bronze coins with a fixed weight, used as money of account in the later Roman Empire.
- polls
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- oleo-
-
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- OPers
-
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- 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.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- poofs
-
noun,
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- 30-30
-
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- pulls
-
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- refl.
-
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reni-
-
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- pleo-
-
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- pelfs
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- plio-
-
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- poufs
-
noun,
a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- PROFS
-
noun,
professor.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- plur.
-
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- pref.
-
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noso-
-
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pres.
-
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- nullo
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Orlon
-
- nulls
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- 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.
- neur-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Prus.
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- 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).
- pron.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- proof
-
noun,
evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- fires
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Sino-
-
- illus
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- ilio-
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ileo-
-
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- sero-
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- self-
-
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- spoof
-
noun,
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- insp.
-
- fills
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- filos
-
- insol
-
- insep
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- frill
-
noun,
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- Freon
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- fore-
-
- folio
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- foll.
-
- Fris.
-
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- flips
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- fulls
-
noun,
the highest or fullest state, condition, or degree:
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- flour
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- floor
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- 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.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- flor.
-
- fells
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- spor-
-
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- lipo-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Epis.
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loofs
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- resp.
-
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- fools
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- roofs
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- sulf-
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Euro-
-
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- Rollo
-
noun,
Also called Rolf, Roy, Hrolf, Rolf the Ganger. a.d. c860–931? Norse chieftain: 1st duke of Normandy 911?.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- USPO
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- uro-
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Poll
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- supr
-
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- sur-
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Pol.
-
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- UNEF
-
- uni-
-
- 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.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- prs.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rel.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- 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.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- ref.
-
- purs
-
- 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.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Soni
-
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- poof
-
noun,
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- soln
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Rus.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sepn
-
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Prof
-
noun,
professor.
- pro-
-
- prin
-
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- pos.
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- pre-
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pouf
-
noun,
a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- 1080
-
- Ire.
-
- ious
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- infl
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lip-
-
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loof
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Inf.
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fin.
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- fill
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fell
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- Eur.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epi-
-
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Ill.
-
- Fri.
-
- ile-
-
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- IOOF
-
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- fur.
-
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- full
-
noun,
the highest or fullest state, condition, or degree:
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- FRSL
-
- Frs.
-
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- for.
-
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- fool
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- fol.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- FLOP
-
noun,
an act of flopping.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- Flip
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- per.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- perf
-
- PERL
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Pers
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- pfui
-
interjection,
phooey.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- ole-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Pen.
-
- oro-
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- pelf
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- OPer
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- pil-
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- 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.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Frl
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- prn
-
- FPO
-
- Pr.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- FOS
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- SOF
-
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- FSR
-
- SNU
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- USP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- USO
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- USN
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- il-
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SLE
-
- ier
-
- io-
-
- eo-
-
- OSP
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ef-
-
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- efl
-
- ose
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- eir
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- OSO
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- PLR
-
- en-
-
- ESR
-
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- pl.
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ESL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- EPS
-
- eu-
-
- PIO
-
- pf.
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- Ep.
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Une
-
- 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:
- EOF
-
- unp
-
- UNO
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESU
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Fl.
-
- plf
-
- Ps.
-
- PLO
-
- 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.
- EIS
-
- FIO
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- pli
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- suf
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- UPI
-
- up-
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- uns
-
- SPR
-
- ILO
-
- fo.
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- FPS
-
- in.
-
- ILP
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- prf
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- RFE
-
- RFI
-
- ll.
-
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- op.
-
- OSF
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OEO
-
- of-
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OFr
-
- Lif
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ILS
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- NUL
-
- NSU
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- NLF
-
- PSF
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- NES
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- ne-
-
- NSF
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- LON
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- LPN
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- NOP
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- NPR
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- nr.
-
- ROP
-
- OIr
-
- USR
-
- IPS
-
- ise
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRS
-
- ONF
-
- IRO
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- IRL
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- ior
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- IOU
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ipr
-
- ons
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- IPO
-
- 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).
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IOF
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Isl
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ine
-
- ISR
-
- RPO
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- IUS
-
- oo-
-
- PSE
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- POR
-
- EI
-
- PU
-
- LR
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SF
-
- N.
-
- NF
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- NI
-
- NP
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NL
-
- R.
-
- L2
-
- RI
-
- RP
-
- RU
-
- FP
-
- FE
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RO
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LF
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- fn
-
- ol
-
- 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.
- L1
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IP
-
- S.
-
- RN
-
- SN
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- le
-
- SL
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SU
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RF
-
- ln
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- U.
-