Anagrams of portables
Word portables has
978 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of portables.
- polestar
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noun,
Polaris.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- probates
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- potables
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noun,
Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
- portable
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noun,
something that is portable, especially as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart:
- petrosal
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adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- petrol.
-
- 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.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- ropable
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adjective,
capable of being roped.
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- probate
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- bolster
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bloater
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- apostle
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noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- Pelotas
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noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- blasto-
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- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- lobster
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noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- stearo-
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- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- Bastrop
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Latrobe
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noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- astrol.
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- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- potable
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noun,
Usually, potables. drinkable liquids; beverages.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- oblates
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- 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.
- paroles
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- borstal
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noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- saprobe
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noun,
saprophyte.
- breast
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- labret
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Labors
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noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- parols
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noun,
something stated or declared.
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- baster
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noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- rebops
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noun,
bop1 .
- serbo-
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- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- rebato
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noun,
rabato.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Strabo
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noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- strobe
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noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- osteal
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adjective,
osseous.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- borals
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noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- borate
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Boreal
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adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Boreas
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- sapote
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- boater
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- sapro-
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- boatel
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- sorbet
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noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- bloats
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noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Solera
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noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- paleo-
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- botels
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noun,
boatel.
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- blears
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noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- robles
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noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- blares
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noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- boarts
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noun,
bort.
- Osbert
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- tabers
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noun,
tabor.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- aslope
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adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- aborts
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noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- oblate
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tarbes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Presb.
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- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- ptero-
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- tarso-
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- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Albers
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noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- Albert
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noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- postal
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- probes
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noun,
the act of probing.
- tepals
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- petro-
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- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- oblast
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noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- tabors
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noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- astro-
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- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- tables
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Olbers
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noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- lobate
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adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- lepto-
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- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- proas
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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.
- prase
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- olpes
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noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Salop
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noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- SEATO
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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.
- salep
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- SABRE
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- BSRet
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- Salto
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noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- prob.
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- praos
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noun,
proa.
- Sable
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noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Saber
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- plebs
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- sero-
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- OPers
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- sabot
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noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- oater
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- seral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Pablo
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noun,
a male given name, Spanish form of Paul.
- prats
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noun,
the buttocks.
- Pres.
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- pesto
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noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Prato
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noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- sepal
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Sept.
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- prate
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noun,
act of prating.
- pleo-
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- pale-
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- pleat
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- preta
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noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- presa
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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.
- Sarto
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noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- septa
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noun,
plural of septum.
- prest
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noun,
a loan.
- Oates
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noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Pales
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noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pret.
-
- Palos
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noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- sapor
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noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Erato
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noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- pros.
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- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- plats
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noun,
a plot of ground.
- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- orate
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- rept.
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- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- lapse
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- rapes
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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.
- Lares
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- LASER
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noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lobar
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adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- labor
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noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rebop
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noun,
bop1 .
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- reaps
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Port.
-
- leaps
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noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
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noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- reals
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noun,
real number.
- lears
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- least
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- ratos
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noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- poser
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noun,
a person who poses.
- resp.
-
- poet.
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- Poler
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- probe
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noun,
the act of probing.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Prole
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- rotas
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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.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- polar
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adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ropes
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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.
- estab
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- estop
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prost
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interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- lotas
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noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- oste-
-
- post-
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- psora
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noun,
psoriasis.
- loser
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- roble
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noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- robes
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noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- orals
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noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Lopes
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noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- roast
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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.
- loper
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- peta-
-
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Plato
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noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- aster
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- plast
-
- taler
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noun,
thaler.
- asper
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noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Talos
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noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arose
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verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- astr.
-
- Arles
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- areo-
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- taros
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noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Pearl
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noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Bart.
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- baro-
-
- bares
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verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- 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.
- Balt.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- patr-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- abstr
-
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- pert.
-
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- 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.
- treas
-
- 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.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- 30-30
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- aero-
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tears
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- alto-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tera-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- 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.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brale
-
- part.
-
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- prae-
-
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- plat.
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Srta.
-
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- 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.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- 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.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- spor-
-
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pot.
-
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- 1080
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- str.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sra.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- tab.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tob.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- ter.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repl
-
- Rep.
-
- rel.
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- PSAT
-
- prs.
-
- 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.
- pro-
-
- pre-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Sat.
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- 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.
- SATB
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sab.
-
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pet.
-
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- bal.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Lab.
-
- bar.
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- eso-
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- lobs
-
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ator
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- btl.
-
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bot.
-
- 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.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- BPOE
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- 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.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- BSRT
-
- BSPT
-
- BSPE
-
- BSPA
-
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BSOT
-
- BSEP
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- BSAE
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bet.
-
- Bol.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- ELAS
-
- bops
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- bor.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- ates
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- 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.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- obs.
-
- abl.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- ole-
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Pal.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- OPer
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alb.
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- abs-
-
- Pers
-
- abr.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- 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.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- aet.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ABLS
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- aer-
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abp
-
- abt
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- BPA
-
- TSP
-
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- BRE
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- TSE
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- trp
-
- BPS
-
- ap-
-
- BPE
-
- ab-
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- al.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Tro
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- tra
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- BLS
-
- at.
-
- be-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Apl
-
- ATP
-
- 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.
- TBO
-
- APS
-
- BRT
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TBA
-
- ATB
-
- TAL
-
- bp.
-
- ast
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- 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.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ase
-
- asb
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- bl.
-
- Br.
-
- SPR
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- ae.
-
- ble
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRB
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- BLA
-
- BEP
-
- STB
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tlr
-
- 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.
- tlo
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- STL
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- STP
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- aor
-
- APB
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- BSL
-
- LTA
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSE
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- PSA
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LST
-
- ltr
-
- RPS
-
- ob.
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OSB
-
- 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
-
- Re.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- lep
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- BSA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Les
-
- 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.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OBE
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- pt.
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POB
-
- POA
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- PTO
-
- OTS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- PBS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Pa.
-
- ote
-
- obl
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Ola
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- PRA
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- OTB
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- POR
-
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- SRO
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- RSE
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- rt.
-
- ea.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- 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.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- sb.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SAR
-
- SBA
-
- EBS
-
- SBE
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Ep.
-
- EPT
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- se-
-
- SAE
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- BST
-
- Lt.
-
- ROA
-
- 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).
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- 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.
- SLA
-
- ERT
-
- BSP
-
- BSO
-
- BSE
-
- SLE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- La.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ETS
-
- eo-
-
- ESA
-
- ETR
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ETO
-
- ROP
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TP
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- PB
-
- AO
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- SA
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- Eb
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- BO
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- t.
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- TB
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L2
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- le
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- B-
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- L1
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- RO
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- RP
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- LR
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- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- OA
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- S.
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- SL
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- ol
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- TL
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.