Anagrams of polyesters
Word polyesters has
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- proselytes
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noun,
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselyte
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noun,
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prostyles
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- serotypes
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noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- polyester
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noun,
Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- eyespots
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noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- Tyrolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolean.
- prostyle
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- serotype
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noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- spelters
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- esotery
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noun,
esotericism.
- petrol.
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- systole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- splores
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- poetess
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noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- stereo-
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- pestles
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- peyotes
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noun,
mescal (def 3).
- stylers
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noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- plessor
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noun,
plexor.
- yester-
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- 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.
- leprosy
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noun,
a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- leprose
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adjective,
leprous.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- storeys
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noun,
story2 .
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- Presley
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noun,
Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- eyespot
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noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- ospreys
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noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- osselet
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noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- topless
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adjective,
lacking a top:
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Styles
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noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- stylo-
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- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- ptero-
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- lessor
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noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- styler
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noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- Lesser
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noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- spelts
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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.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- sorely
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adverb,
in a painful manner.
- slopes
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- lepers
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noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Petrel
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Osprey
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noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- petro-
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- lepto-
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- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- sorels
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- steels
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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.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- oyster
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noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- sleets
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- pelter
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- sporty
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adjective,
flashy; showy.
- peltry
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- sports
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noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sleety
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adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- peyote
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noun,
mescal (def 3).
- Speyer
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noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- speers
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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.
- steely
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adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- sleepy
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adjective,
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- steres
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- losers
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- steeps
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- speels
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verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- steles
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noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- slypes
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noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- pestle
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- oyelet
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noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- sleeps
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- poetry
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- torses
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- plyers
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noun,
plier.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- portly
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adjective,
rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- elopes
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verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- estops
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- esters
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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 .
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- tressy
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adjective,
resembling or having tresses.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- stroys
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verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Troyes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- Storey
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noun,
story2 .
- sepoys
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noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- teleo-
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- prost
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interjection,
prosit.
- posey
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adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- poser
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noun,
a person who poses.
- peles
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noun,
peel3 .
- pross
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noun,
prostitute.
- Rosse
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noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- poses
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noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- prosy
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- Peers
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noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- poss.
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- prees
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- sleys
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noun,
the reed of a loom.
- posse
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noun,
posse comitatus.
- posts
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noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- slept
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- peels
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noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- slype
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noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- slops
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noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- possy
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noun,
possie.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- potsy
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noun,
hopscotch.
- post-
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- Press
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noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- seels
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verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- pyres
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noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pesto
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noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pests
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noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pros.
-
- plyer
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noun,
plier.
- Sepoy
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noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- pleo-
-
- pyro-
-
- Sept.
-
- Seler
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noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- septs
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noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- Peter
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noun,
penis.
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Pylos
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noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Seres
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noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sero-
-
- Prole
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- pret.
-
- seers
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noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Port.
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- poles
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noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- prest
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noun,
a loan.
- pelts
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noun,
the act of pelting.
- Seely
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adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- sleet
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- peres
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noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- poly-
-
- Perle
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noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Poler
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- seeps
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noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Perse
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noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- seepy
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adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- pert.
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- Sleep
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- pesos
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- syst.
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- poet.
-
- poesy
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noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- reset
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Oesel
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noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- oste-
-
- yelps
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noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Tyree
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- typos
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noun,
typographical error.
- typo-
-
- Ester
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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 .
- Estes
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noun,
a male given name.
- estop
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Tyler
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noun,
tiler (def 2).
- tyees
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noun,
chinook salmon.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- terse
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adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- telos
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noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- telo-
-
- teles
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noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- ryots
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noun,
a peasant.
- teels
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noun,
til.
- yores
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Ypres
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noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- strop
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stroy
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verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Strep
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noun,
streptococcus.
- Osset
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noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- tyres
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noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tyrol
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noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- leery
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adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- elope
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verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- 30-30
-
- tropy
-
- trope
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- troys
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noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tress
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- rept.
-
- eyres
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noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- TORES
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noun,
a torus.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- erose
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adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- resp.
-
- reply
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- repel
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Story
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- leers
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- spelt
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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.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- 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.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- lt-yr
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spore
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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.
- spor-
-
- Pres.
-
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- 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.
- OPers
-
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Prot.
-
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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:
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lyso-
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- lepsy
-
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- 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.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- styl-
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- step-
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- ster.
-
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 1080
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- str.
-
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- tel-
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- ter.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- typ.
-
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sers
-
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).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Syr.
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Ste.
-
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- pro-
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Pers
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- yrs.
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- PERL
-
- est.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- esp.
-
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- pyo-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- pyr-
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- eso-
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lory
-
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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lyte
-
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lys-
-
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- opsy
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- 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:
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- prs.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- pot.
-
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- pts.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- pos.
-
- pre-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repl
-
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- Rep.
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- PLSS
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Pol.
-
- rel.
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- tr.
-
- lep
-
- tlo
-
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- trp
-
- 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.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- TSP
-
- TSE
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- eo-
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- EEO
-
- STL
-
- Tro
-
- Les
-
- Tpr
-
- STP
-
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ery
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ep.
-
- ESR
-
- ERT
-
- ese
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ESL
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- tlr
-
- Lt.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yer
-
- ety
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Yeo
-
- EOE
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ltr
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- 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).
- POR
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PLR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- PLO
-
- 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.
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- 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.
- pl.
-
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- se-
-
- py-
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Syl
-
- SLE
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PTO
-
- St.
-
- Ps.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SRO
-
- SLP
-
- PSS
-
- 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.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RPS
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- Re.
-
- ROP
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSE
-
- Sp.
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Pr.
-
- pt.
-
- SLR
-
- op.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ory
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- LST
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- LSS
-
- SPR
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SPS
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSE
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- ose
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- TSS
-
- ote
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTS
-
- yl
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- R.
-
- ty
-
- Y.
-
- ey
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- YT
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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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.
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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noun,
a grandchild.
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noun,
ti1 .
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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noun,
oy2 .
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