Anagrams of postcanonical
Word postcanonical has
1312 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of postcanonical.
- canonicals
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noun,
canonicals, garments prescribed by canon law for clergy when officiating.
- iconoclast
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noun,
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
- Clactonian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a Lower Paleolithic culture in England marked by the production of tools made from stone flakes.
- occasional
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adjective,
occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then:
- Costanoan
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noun,
a family of eight languages, now extinct, spoken by American Indian peoples of coastal California: part of the Penutian stock.
- plantains
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noun,
a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- talapoins
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noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- locations
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- coactions
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- conations
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- Annapolis
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Maryland, in the central part, on Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Naval Academy.
- scalation
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noun,
an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
- nationals
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- Pantaloon
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noun,
pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- canonical
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noun,
canonicals, garments prescribed by canon law for clergy when officiating.
- planation
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noun,
the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
- Apostolic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of an apostle.
- santonica
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noun,
the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
- intonacos
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- occasion
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noun,
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences:
- cooncans
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- annalist
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noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- pontiacs
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- tapiocas
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noun,
a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- contains
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- Anapolis
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noun,
a city in central Brazil.
- copilots
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noun,
a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
- conation
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noun,
the part of mental life having to do with striving, including desire and volition.
- lapactic
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noun,
a lapactic agent; purgative.
- piccolos
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noun,
a small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute.
- colonist
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noun,
an inhabitant of a colony.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Anatolic
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adjective, noun,
Anatolian.
- coolants
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- colonics
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noun,
an enema.
- sonatina
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noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- captains
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noun,
a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- spiccato
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adjective,
(of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- capitals
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noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- 11-point
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- cantinas
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noun,
a saloon; bar.
- canonist
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noun,
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
- plantain
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noun,
a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- National
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noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- pintanos
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- talapoin
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noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- Nicolson
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noun,
Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
- platinas
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- platino-
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- Platonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines:
- platoons
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- coaction
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noun,
force or compulsion, either in restraining or in impelling.
- pantonal
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adjective,
marked by or using pantonality.
- location
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noun,
a place of settlement, activity, or residence:
- coal-pit
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noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- notional
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adjective,
pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
- intonaco
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noun,
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- scotopia
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noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- salt-pan
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noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- optional
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adjective,
left to one's choice; not required or mandatory:
- sanction
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noun,
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- Ilocanos
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- actinons
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- apostil
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noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- cicalas
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noun,
cicada.
- nonstop
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noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- calicos
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noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- actinon
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noun,
a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
- actino-
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- apicals
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noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- Sno-Cat
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- calpacs
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noun,
a large black cap of sheepskin or other heavy material, worn by Armenians, Turks, etc.
- spacial
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adjective,
spatial.
- Capsian
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adjective,
of or designating an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa, characterized by the use of geometric microlithic tools.
- colonic
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noun,
an enema.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- taipans
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noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- spatial
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adjective,
of or relating to space.
- Antonia
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- cancans
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noun,
a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
- snap-on
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adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- capstan
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noun,
any of various windlasses, rotated in a horizontal plane by hand or machinery, for winding in ropes, cables, etc.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- cancion
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noun,
song.
- catnips
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noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- clastic
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adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- Ansonia
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noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- piccolo
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noun,
a small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute.
- pointal
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noun,
pointel.
- Alcaics
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noun,
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- solatia
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noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- optical
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noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- stannic
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adjective,
of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
- pintano
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noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- Clinton
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noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- Clapton
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noun,
Eric, born 1945, English blues and rock guitarist and composer.
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- clip-on
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noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- Platina
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noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- soliton
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- satanic
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adjective,
of Satan.
- opsonin
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noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- platoon
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noun,
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- opsonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- pinatas
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noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- sociol.
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- inclasp
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verb (used with object),
enclasp.
- asocial
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adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- lotions
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- paisano
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noun,
paisan.
- Plantin
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noun,
Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- saponin
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noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- coastal
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adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- topical
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noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- actinal
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adjective,
having tentacles or rays.
- piccata
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adjective,
cooked, served, or sauced with lemon and parsley:
- palato-
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- Ilocano
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noun,
a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- Capitol
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noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- scolion
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noun,
a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- Caspian
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noun,
Caspian Sea.
- Laconia
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noun,
an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- Toscana
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noun,
Italian name of Tuscany.
- Altoona
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noun,
a city in central Pennsylvania.
- capital
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noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- copilot
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noun,
a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
- pastina
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noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- Laconic
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adjective,
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- pai-loo
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- anconas
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noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- caplins
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noun,
capelin.
- caption
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noun,
a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- captans
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noun,
a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
- 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.
- Sinaloa
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noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- CAPTAIN
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noun,
a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- tin-pan
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adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- cooncan
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noun,
a variety of rummy for two players.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Catalin
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- topsail
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noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- Canopic
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adjective,
pertaining to Canopus.
- paniolo
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noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- topsoil
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noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- Annatol
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noun,
a male given name.
- contain
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verb (used with object),
to hold or include within its volume or area:
- patinas
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noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Pianola
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noun,
(lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- Pontiac
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noun,
c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- anoints
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verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- catnaps
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noun,
a short, light nap or doze.
- cannoli
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plural noun,
tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
- anopias
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noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- Pontian
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noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- plastic
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noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- tapioca
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noun,
a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- coolant
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noun,
a substance, usually a liquid or a gas, used to reduce the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system, as the liquid in an automobile cooling system or the fluid that removes heat from the core of a nuclear reactor.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- cantina
-
noun,
a saloon; bar.
- Sapota
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noun,
sapote.
- Caslon
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noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- plaint
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noun,
a complaint.
- C-in-C
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- Plains
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noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plasia
-
- catnap
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noun,
a short, light nap or doze.
- captan
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noun,
a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
- catnip
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noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Catano
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noun,
a city in NE Puerto Rico, SW of San Juan.
- cation
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- sonant
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noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- sonata
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noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- sancta
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noun,
a sacred or holy place.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- cicala
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noun,
cicada.
- casita
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noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- plants
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noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Catlin
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noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- casino
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noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- plano-
-
- lotion
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- plani-
-
- lactic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- inspan
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verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Itasca
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noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- contin
-
- scato-
-
- Salian
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noun,
a Salian Frank.
- contos
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noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Pontic
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noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- pontil
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noun,
punty.
- icono-
-
- Saipan
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noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- Latona
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noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- ptisan
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noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- coopts
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verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- consol
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noun,
singular of consols.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- copals
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noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- lapins
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noun,
a rabbit.
- Coptic
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noun,
an Afroasiatic language of Egypt descended from ancient Egyptian, largely extinct as a spoken language since the 16th century but surviving as the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.
- Scotia
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noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- scoto-
-
- costal
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adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- costo-
-
- postal
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noun,
Informal. postal card.
- lanais
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noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Potosi
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noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- lacto-
-
- lianas
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noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Poncas
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- clino-
-
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- clints
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noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- cloaca
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noun,
Zoology.
the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.
a similar cavity in invertebrates.
- clonic
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adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- Cloots
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- saloop
-
noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- socio-
-
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- isotac
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- cocoas
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- conics
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noun,
the branch of geometry that deals with conic sections.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- polit.
-
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- Conant
-
noun,
James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- capias
-
noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Ancona
-
noun,
an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame.
- anicca
-
noun,
the cycle of birth, growth, decay, and death through which every living thing must pass.
- occas.
-
- aniso-
-
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- tannic
-
adjective,
Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- apical
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- nocti-
-
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- actin-
-
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- Panoan
-
noun,
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- panto-
-
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Alcaic
-
noun,
Alcaics, Alcaic verses or strophes.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Pascal
-
noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- cancan
-
noun,
a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- cacaos
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Canton
-
noun,
a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
- caplin
-
noun,
capelin.
- cannas
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- stacc.
-
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- cannot
-
verb,
a form of ·can not.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Cantal
-
noun,
a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- capita
-
noun,
plural of caput.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- calci-
-
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- calpac
-
noun,
a large black cap of sheepskin or other heavy material, worn by Armenians, Turks, etc.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- onco-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- 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.
- post-
-
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- plan-
-
- naso-
-
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- lact-
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- nano-
-
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- opto-
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- onto-
-
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- NAACP
-
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Ital.
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- sanit
-
- pant-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- plio-
-
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- nona-
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- plat.
-
- lipo-
-
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- noso-
-
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- noct-
-
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- plast
-
- octo-
-
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- octa-
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- noto-
-
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- pico-
-
- NSPCC
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- natl.
-
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- ASPCA
-
- ca-ca
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- ation
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- caco-
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- asco-
-
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Apoc.
-
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- cacao
-
noun,
a small tropical American evergreen tree, Theobroma cacao, cultivated for its seeds, the source of cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- span-
-
- cata-
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Cant.
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- Canon
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
- Canna
-
noun,
any of various tropical plants of the genus Canna, cultivated for their large, usually brightly colored leaves and showy flowers.
- canc.
-
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- calc-
-
- 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.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Alas.
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- 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.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- tonia
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- actos
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- tono-
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- acpt.
-
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- acct.
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topo-
-
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- 30-30
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- 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.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- anon.
-
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- 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.
- annot
-
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Ancon
-
noun,
the elbow.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- anat.
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- anal.
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- cont.
-
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coop.
-
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- Const
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Cons.
-
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conn.
-
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- conc.
-
- Conan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Colo.
-
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- scat-
-
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- insol
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- incl.
-
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- icons
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- Scot.
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- sito-
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- cocoa
-
noun,
a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed.
- Cocos
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- psia
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- PSAT
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- pts.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- SPCC
-
- tion
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- Pan.
-
- SPCA
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Sat.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Soni
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- top-
-
- 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.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Pal.
-
- soln
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- sci.
-
- tonn
-
- scil
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- pil-
-
- 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.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sol.
-
- pct.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- pat.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- pot.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- 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.
- pos.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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.
- SLIC
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- 1080
-
- Pol.
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- ins.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- int.
-
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- asc-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- NACA
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- itol
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- apo-
-
- Inc.
-
- APSA
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- cit.
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- cis-
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- ANSI
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lani
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- iso-
-
- CCls
-
- cac-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- cat.
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Can.
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- cap.
-
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- lit.
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- atic
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- 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:
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ant.
-
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- 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.
- Coco
-
noun,
coconut palm.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- Ont.
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- cts.
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Col.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Oct.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- acc.
-
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ACLS
-
- opia
-
- 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.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Ala.
-
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- OAPC
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ann.
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- ano-
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- NCAA
-
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- non-
-
- NOAA
-
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- NTIA
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Alco
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- iana
-
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- IATA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- nos-
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- CNN
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- SLP
-
- CIP
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CCA
-
- CLI
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- CCP
-
- CNC
-
- CIA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- CIC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- 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.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- ALC
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ANC
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIC
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- al.
-
- TSI
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- AIA
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- an.
-
- AAP
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ACP
-
- ACS
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- CAI
-
- cp.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- STI
-
- ca.
-
- cc.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- cs.
-
- ATP
-
- ct.
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- spt
-
- cl.
-
- CAA
-
- STL
-
- ATC
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAL
-
- AOA
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- APC
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Apl
-
- APS
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ATA
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ast
-
- STP
-
- at.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- pc.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- PIO
-
- 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.
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NCC
-
- NAA
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NNP
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- NOC
-
- PLA
-
- NCO
-
- Npt
-
- PLC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Clo
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POC
-
- POA
-
- CPA
-
- PLO
-
- pli
-
- LON
-
- LTA
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- 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.
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- NOP
-
- NSA
-
- LCT
-
- OSO
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- 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:
- OSP
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- ONA
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noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ot-
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- OTA
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- OTS
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- Pa.
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- PAC
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noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PTO
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- pt.
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- Ps.
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- ONI
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- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- NSC
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- PCS
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- PIC
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noun,
a movie.
- Oc.
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- op.
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- OSA
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- OTC
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- OAO
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- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- OAP
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- PCI
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- Ola
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- OAS
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- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Oca
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noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCC
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- OCS
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- oic
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- oil
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noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIt
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LOC
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- LCI
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ICC
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- il-
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
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- ILP
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- ILS
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- in.
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- sc.
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- IOC
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- ion
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noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- LCA
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- IPA
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- IAS
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- ial
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- IPS
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- CSC
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- CPI
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- SLA
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- CPL
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- CPO
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- CPS
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- CSA
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- CSO
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- Ia.
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- CST
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- CTA
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- CTC
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- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ctn
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plural,
carton.
- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SCP
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- ics
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- io-
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- IPO
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- TSP
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Lt.
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
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noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAO
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noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- PSA
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- PSC
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- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- LAC
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noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ISA
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- Sp.
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- SAA
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- SAC
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noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
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- ITA
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ITC
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- ist
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- Isl
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TC
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- SN
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- t.
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- AO
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- TP
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- IP
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- 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.
- NL
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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.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ln
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LC
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- L2
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- N.
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- OA
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- NP
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- NI
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- TL
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- NC
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TN
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- L1
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- i.
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- O.
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- L.
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- SL
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- ol
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- SA
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- S.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.