Anagrams of pomegranates
Word pomegranates has
2039 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of pomegranates.
- pomegranate
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noun,
a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- grapestone
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noun,
the seed of a grape.
- pentagrams
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noun,
a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- patronages
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noun,
the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- parentages
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noun,
derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage:
- treponemas
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noun,
any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- part-song
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noun,
a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
- Treponema
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noun,
any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- paraments
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noun,
a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- progamete
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noun,
a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- gasometer
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noun,
an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- pentagram
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noun,
a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- parsonage
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noun,
the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- sea-grape
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noun,
a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.
- sap-green
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noun,
a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- pastorage
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noun,
pastorate.
- amperages
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noun,
the strength of an electric current measured in amperes. Abbreviation: amp.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- personage
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noun,
a person of distinction or importance.
- spermato-
-
- tragopans
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noun,
any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- patronage
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noun,
the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- agrements
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- parentage
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noun,
derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage:
- man-eater
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noun,
an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- matronage
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noun,
the state of being a matron.
- megaspore
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noun,
the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte.
Compare microspore.
- Aragonese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Aragon.
- man-trap
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noun,
an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- saprogen
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noun,
a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- araneose
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adjective,
arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- amperage
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noun,
the strength of an electric current measured in amperes. Abbreviation: amp.
- sarmenta
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noun,
a slender running stem; runner.
- magentas
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noun,
fuchsin.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- tear-gas
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noun,
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- snot-rag
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noun,
a handkerchief.
- Spearman
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- tragopan
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noun,
any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- spearmen
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- margents
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noun,
margin.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- sea-gate
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noun,
a navigable channel giving access to the sea.
- gamester
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noun,
a gambler.
- tangrams
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noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- magnates
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noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- rampages
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noun,
violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
- manatees
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noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- asperate
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verb (used with object),
to make rough, harsh, or uneven:
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- parament
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noun,
a decoration for a room, as a tapestry.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- apastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- Ramsgate
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noun,
a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.
- manropes
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- Angstrom
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noun,
a unit of length, equal to one tenth of a millimicron, or one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å; Abbreviation: A.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- Parmesan
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adjective,
of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- nametags
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noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- magnetos
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noun,
a small electric generator with an armature that rotates in a magnetic field provided by permanent magnets, as a generator supplying ignition current for certain types of internal combustion engines or a hand-operated generator for telephone signaling.
- sangaree
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noun,
sangría.
- magneto-
-
- Santarem
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noun,
a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- Sagamore
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noun,
(among the American Indians of New England) a chief or leader.
- argento-
-
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- gemstone
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noun,
a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
- agametes
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noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- separate
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noun,
Usually, separates. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- megatons
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noun,
one million tons.
- Masorete
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noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- germano-
-
- Semarang
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noun,
a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- portages
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noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- trepangs
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noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- megarons
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- permeant
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adjective,
permeating; pervading.
- Peterman
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noun,
a safecracker.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- tanagers
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- trangams
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noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- postgame
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noun,
a broadcast program that provides a report and analysis of a sports game that has just ended:
- agrement
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noun,
Music. ornament (def 9).
- emanates
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- prenames
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noun,
given name.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- montages
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- peonages
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noun,
the condition or service of a peon.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- storage
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noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- engrams
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- manager
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noun,
a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- tarpans
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noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- manages
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verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- manatee
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noun,
any of several plant-eating aquatic mammals of the genus Trichechus, of West Indian, Floridian, and Gulf Coast waters, having two flippers in front and a broad, spoon-shaped tail: all species are endangered.
- tanager
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- tapeman
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noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- maneges
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noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- Meropes
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- oarsman
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- magnets
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noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- matrons
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- megaton
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noun,
one million tons.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- onstage
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adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- Megaera
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noun,
one of the Furies.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- maestro
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noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- entero-
-
- Magenta
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noun,
fuchsin.
- magnate
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noun,
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.:
- arseno-
-
- 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.
- remotes
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- magnet-
-
- menages
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noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- Romagna
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noun,
a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- tempers
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- morgens
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- margosa
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noun,
neem (def 2).
- mongers
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- monster
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noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- mantras
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noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- montage
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noun,
the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition.
Compare collage (def 1).
- Eastman
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noun,
George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
- Mansart
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noun,
Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- Smeaton
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noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- moreens
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Margate
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noun,
a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.
- margent
-
noun,
margin.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- segment
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noun,
one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section:
- tapemen
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noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- metopes
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- tempera
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- Neogaea
-
noun,
a biogeographical division comprising the Neotropical region.
- metages
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noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- nemato-
-
- Maspero
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noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Negroes
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noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Emerson
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noun,
Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- georama
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noun,
an encompassingly large, hollow globe on the inside of which is depicted a map of the earth's surface, to be viewed by a spectator within the globe.
- emanate
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verb (used with object),
to send forth; emit.
- tampons
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noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- nametag
-
noun,
an identification tag or label showing one's name and sometimes one's address or business affiliation, attached to an article of clothing or worn around the neck or wrist.
- namaste
-
noun,
a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
- mangoes
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Smetana
-
noun,
Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
- tangram
-
noun,
a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- spermo-
-
- agnates
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- transp.
-
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- peonage
-
noun,
the condition or service of a peon.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- trangam
-
noun,
an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
- protege
-
noun,
a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- Gompers
-
noun,
Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- peteman
-
noun,
peterman.
- Amen-Ra
-
noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- peasant
-
noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- amongst
-
preposition,
among.
- Amon-Ra
-
noun,
Amen-Ra.
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- gatemen
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- gateman
-
noun,
a gatekeeper.
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- stearo-
-
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- anapest
-
noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- sponger
-
noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- gastro-
-
- postage
-
noun,
the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- pregame
-
noun,
an event or broadcast relating to and occurring just before a sports game:
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- prename
-
noun,
given name.
- presage
-
noun,
a presentiment or foreboding.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- germane
-
adjective,
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:
- potages
-
noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- postmen
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- Postman
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- genomes
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- Aegates
-
noun,
ancient name of Egadi.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- Portage
-
noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- germens
-
noun,
a germ.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- pongees
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- trepang
-
noun,
any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis, used as food in China.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- agamete
-
noun,
an asexual reproductive cell, as a spore, that forms a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- Gestapo
-
noun,
the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
- petrog.
-
- agarose
-
noun,
a substance obtained from agar and used for chromatographic separations.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- ragtops
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- apogees
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- ramenta
-
noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- garment
-
noun,
any article of clothing:
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- ape-man
-
noun,
a hypothetical primate representing a transitional form between true humans and the anthropoid apes, considered by some as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- tonemes
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- rampage
-
noun,
violent or excited behavior that is reckless, uncontrolled, or destructive.
- rampant
-
adjective,
violent in action or spirit; raging; furious:
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- stereo-
-
- antero-
-
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- sterno-
-
- gameto-
-
- gametes
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- pageant
-
noun,
an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats.
- paragon
-
noun,
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence:
Synonyms: ideal, standard, epitome, quintessence; example, exemplar, paradigm.
- paramos
-
noun,
a high, cold plateau of South America.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- angoras
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- pargets
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- parangs
-
noun,
a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- Gramont
-
noun,
Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- partans
-
noun,
a crab.
- MAeroE
-
- germen
-
noun,
a germ.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- magots
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- Graeae
-
plural noun,
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- sparge
-
noun,
a sprinkling.
- mantas
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- somat-
-
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- gramps
-
noun,
grandfather.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- grampa
-
noun,
grandfather.
- meager
-
adjective,
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate:
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- gramas
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- German
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- masto-
-
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Margot
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- manger
-
noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- manges
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- sperm-
-
- manege
-
noun,
the art of training and riding horses.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- gnomes
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- sponge
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Greats
-
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- sprang
-
noun,
a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- manage
-
verb (used with object),
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship:
- grano-
-
- Gotama
-
noun,
Buddha.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Gerome
-
noun,
Jean Léon [zhahn ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1824–1904, French painter and sculptor.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- pangas
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugar cane, etc.; machete.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- paramo
-
noun,
a high, cold plateau of South America.
- parang
-
noun,
a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pagnes
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parget
-
noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pagers
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Ramage
-
noun,
a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- organa
-
noun,
a plural of organon.
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- pongee
-
noun,
silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- potage
-
noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- prangs
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- ragman
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- pengos
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- penta-
-
- Peraea
-
noun,
a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Seaman
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- Moraga
-
noun,
a city in W California.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- Moreen
-
noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- metro-
-
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- Megara
-
noun,
a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
- menage
-
noun,
a domestic establishment; household.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- merges
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- metage
-
noun,
the official measurement of contents or weight.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- Samoan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Samoa.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Sapota
-
noun,
sapote.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- sampan
-
noun,
any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- Namtar
-
noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- nemat-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- AmerSp
-
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- aeron.
-
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tarso-
-
- a-game
-
noun,
a person’s best effort, abilities, or achievement:
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- enter-
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Strega
-
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- Aegean
-
noun,
the. Aegean Sea.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- gamete
-
noun,
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aragon
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1897–1982, French novelist, poet, and journalist.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- apogee
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.
Compare perigee.
- toneme
-
noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Angora
-
noun,
Angora cat.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- anemo-
-
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- agoras
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- agates
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- tegmen
-
noun,
a cover, covering, or integument.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Aromas
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- arsen-
-
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- agron.
-
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- gamet-
-
- Tasman
-
noun,
Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- genome
-
noun,
a full set of chromosomes; all the inheritable traits of an organism.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- gapers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- steno-
-
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- stego-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- gasman
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- Gasper
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- gemots
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gastr-
-
- Gemara
-
noun,
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- gasmen
-
noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- 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.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Agram
-
noun,
German name of Zagreb.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- ASEAN
-
- tera-
-
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- rept.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- asgmt
-
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Prot.
-
- resp.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- agro-
-
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- patr-
-
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- Regt.
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- 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.
- term.
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- spor-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- pros.
-
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- nears
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- treas
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- temp.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- peta-
-
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- Nampa
-
noun,
a city in W Idaho.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- 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).
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- agora
-
noun,
a popular political assembly.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- pert.
-
- agmas
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- 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.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ante-
-
- para-
-
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- pant-
-
- prem.
-
- panga
-
noun,
a large, broad-bladed African knife used as a weapon or as an implement for cutting heavy jungle growth, sugar cane, etc.; machete.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Srta.
-
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- pagan
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- anat.
-
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- peags
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- 30-30
-
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- part.
-
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Parma
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Milan.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- Apgar
-
noun,
Virginia, 1909–74, U.S. physician: developed test to evaluate health of newborns.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- OPers
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- Samar
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- sprag
-
noun,
a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- pene-
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- AMPAS
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- oste-
-
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Oreg.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Saman
-
noun,
a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- Samoa
-
noun,
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Masan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Tampa
-
noun,
a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- spang
-
adverb,
directly, exactly:
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- gapes
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- Tamas
-
noun,
See under guna.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- maras
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- post-
-
- marg.
-
- Marga
-
noun,
any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- tangs
-
- Port.
-
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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):
- mega-
-
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- ento-
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Meges
-
noun,
a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mast-
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ergo-
-
- sero-
-
- grasp
-
noun,
the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms:
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- matr-
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- ster.
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- stge.
-
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- maars
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- gamps
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- gamo-
-
- Pres.
-
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- prae-
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Magna
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manga
-
noun,
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- step-
-
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stome
-
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- span-
-
- 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.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- manas
-
noun,
the rational faculty of the mind.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Amer.
-
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Agape
-
noun,
the love of God or Christ for humankind.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Mont.
-
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- prom.
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Prog.
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- pron.
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- atmo-
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Msgr.
-
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- MPers
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- petr-
-
- MSEnt
-
- meno-
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- meta-
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- meso-
-
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- Gaspe
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in E Canada on the NE end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- pret.
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- engr.
-
- 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.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- merge
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- mero-
-
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- gram.
-
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- grama
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- poet.
-
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- aero-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- metr-
-
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- geom.
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prs.
-
- 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.
- ptg.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- PSAT
-
- pts.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- tron
-
- pro-
-
- tRNA
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- rpt.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sepn
-
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Sat.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Tasm
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Ste.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- str.
-
- SMTP
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- stg.
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Reg.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Rep.
-
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- 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.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Sam.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- SAMA
-
noun,
the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RNAS
-
- RONA
-
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- 1080
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gres
-
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Maas
-
noun,
Dutch name of the Meuse.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mag.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Man.
-
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mar.
-
- gon-
-
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- pre-
-
- Ger.
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- geo-
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gmat
-
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- GNMA
-
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- MSAE
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOpt
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSEE
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- MSgt
-
- MSPE
-
- mtg.
-
- mtge
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MEPA
-
- masa
-
noun,
flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- men-
-
- Meng
-
- ment
-
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- MNAS
-
- Mngr
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- Mon.
-
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- gasp
-
noun,
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ANPA
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- APSA
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Anas
-
- art.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- AAEE
-
- AARP
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AGMA
-
noun,
(in Latin and Greek) the velar nasal consonant sound, especially in those forms where it was represented by the letter g or by gamma.
- agr.
-
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agst
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- amas
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amt.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- est.
-
- ergs
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Gama
-
noun,
Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Ens.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ator
-
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ASME
-
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- Emp.
-
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Pen.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- pam.
-
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- nom.
-
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Ont.
-
- NOAA
-
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Pers
-
- OPer
-
- 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.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- 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.
- Nor.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- neo-
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- par.
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- not-
-
- 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.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- nos-
-
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Pet.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- org.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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):
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pnea
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- neem
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Pg.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Pa.
-
- ERP
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- pt.
-
- EOM
-
- ote
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- OTS
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- PMG
-
- ese
-
- ea.
-
- ESA
-
- EAA
-
- ERT
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- pm.
-
- Ps.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- EEO
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ep.
-
- EMT
-
- EPA
-
- en-
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- prn
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ene
-
- Pr.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEG
-
- PaG
-
- PTO
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- Eg.
-
- EOE
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EMR
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- eo-
-
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- tr.
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Agt
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- AME
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- tra
-
- Tpr
-
- AGM
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- PMT
-
- PGA
-
- AMS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANG
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- POR
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AOA
-
- Ar.
-
- TSP
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- ag-
-
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- an.
-
- AAE
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- AAM
-
- AAP
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ae.
-
- Tro
-
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- PRA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- aor
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ASN
-
- Re.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ase
-
- RPS
-
- ASM
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ARS
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ATP
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- APS
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSG
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ESR
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- TMO
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- TGN
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- GOP
-
- OTA
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MGr
-
- MGT
-
- MNA
-
- ROG
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- NMR
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ROP
-
- MOR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ot-
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- SMA
-
- Sgt
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- NOP
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- 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).
- RNA
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- 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.
- MEP
-
- se-
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- RPO
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- MTP
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- MTS
-
- MTO
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- MPG
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- mtn
-
- ne-
-
- SAR
-
- MSE
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSN
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- RPG
-
- RPM
-
- NSA
-
- Mao
-
- MAA
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OPM
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- OPA
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- Sr.
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- spt
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SPR
-
- GMT
-
- GNP
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Om.
-
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ETO
-
- STP
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- STM
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- REA
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Ges
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GTO
-
- GSR
-
- GSA
-
- OSA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- op.
-
- GTS
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- gre
-
- Me.
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEM
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GPM
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- gt.
-
- GPS
-
- Mo.
-
- Gr.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- G.
-
- GM
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- MP
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- P.
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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.
- AO
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- RN
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- NP
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- O.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- S.
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- TG
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- t.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SM
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- SG
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- NG
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- OA
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- NM
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- GN
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- MN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- MG
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- OG
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TP
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- RO
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
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- GP
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- rg
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- TM
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- RP
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- M.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- SN
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- SA
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