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- boltropes
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noun,
Nautical. a rope or the cordage sewn on the edges of a sail to strengthen it.
- potboiler
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noun,
a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potboils
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verb (used without object),
to create potboilers.
- biotopes
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noun,
a portion of a habitat characterized by uniformity in climate and distribution of biotic and abiotic components, as a tidal pool or a forest canopy.
- sorbitol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- bloopers
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noun,
Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.
- boltrope
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noun,
Nautical. a rope or the cordage sewn on the edges of a sail to strengthen it.
- lobster
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noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- blooper
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noun,
Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.
- Bristol
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- Bleriot
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noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- piolets
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Tiepolo
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noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- petrols
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noun,
British. gasoline.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- pistole
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- petrol.
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- boleros
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noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- bolster
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- probits
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noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- topsoil
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noun,
the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- 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.
- loobies
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noun,
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
- booster
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noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- potboil
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verb (used without object),
to create potboilers.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- reboots
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noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- biotope
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noun,
a portion of a habitat characterized by uniformity in climate and distribution of biotic and abiotic components, as a tidal pool or a forest canopy.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Tobies
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noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- retool
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- sorbet
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noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- riblet
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- eroto-
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- probit
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noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- riboso
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noun,
rebozo.
- probes
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noun,
the act of probing.
- botels
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noun,
boatel.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- oboist
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noun,
a player of the oboe.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- oboles
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noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- Presb.
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- 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.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- reboso
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noun,
rebozo.
- spoilt
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noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- orlops
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noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- strobe
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noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- rebops
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noun,
bop1 .
- orbits
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noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- reboot
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noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oolite
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- ptero-
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- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- osteo-
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- proto-
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- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- spiro-
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- Osbert
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- broils
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noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- sorbol
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noun,
sorbitol.
- Olbers
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noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- robles
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noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- looper
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- bister
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noun,
bistre.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- pleio-
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- tribo-
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- lepto-
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- birles
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verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- pistol
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noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- bistre
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- bistro
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noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- biters
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noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- bitser
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noun,
a mongrel dog.
- piolet
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noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Lobito
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noun,
a seaport in W Angola.
- polite
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adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- triols
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- pilots
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noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- septi-
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- libers
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noun,
phloem.
- tropo-
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- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- serbo-
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- troops
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noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- polies
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noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- polit.
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- Beloit
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noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tripes
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- polios
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- ribose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- boites
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noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- bolero
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noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- petro-
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- sobeit
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conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- posole
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noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- boiler
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Bootes
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noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- bootie
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noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- Bootle
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noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- sporo-
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- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- bloops
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noun,
a clumsy mistake.
- pilose
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adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- lobose
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adjective,
having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- loots
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noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- looie
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Sept.
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- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Lopes
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noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- loose
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- sebi-
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- obits
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noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Roose
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- lores
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noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- LOOPS
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noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- ropes
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noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- rotls
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- robot
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noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- roble
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noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- lotos
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noun,
lotus.
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loser
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lobos
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noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- loper
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- robes
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noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- riots
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rotos
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noun,
rotogravure.
- Roost
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noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- osier
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- obole
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noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- petr-
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- Port.
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- Porto
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noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Piers
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noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- poser
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noun,
a person who poses.
- petri
-
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pilos
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noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- posit
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- pert.
-
- peris
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noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
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noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
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- piles
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noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pilot
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noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Pres.
-
- plier
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noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- poise
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poles
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noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- poet.
-
- polio
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noun,
poliomyelitis.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- plio-
-
- pleo-
-
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- plebs
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- polos
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noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- Poole
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noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- piste
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pools
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noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poori
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- pelts
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noun,
the act of pelting.
- prest
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noun,
a loan.
- obols
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noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- oleos
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noun,
margarine.
- OPers
-
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- olpes
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noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- olios
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noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- oleo-
-
- rebop
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noun,
bop1 .
- rept.
-
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- OBrit
-
- Obote
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noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- opto-
-
- orbit
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noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- pret.
-
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prise
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noun,
leverage.
- prob.
-
- probe
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noun,
the act of probing.
- Prole
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- pros.
-
- oste-
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- prost
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interjection,
prosit.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Osler
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noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Prot.
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- orlos
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noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- lipo-
-
- pesto
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noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- sero-
-
- Brest
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noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brose
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noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- brits
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noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- 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.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- BSRet
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- boro-
-
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- biol.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- 30-30
-
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- topo-
-
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- bloop
-
noun,
a clumsy mistake.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- sito-
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- 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).
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- 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.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- ileo-
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- ster.
-
- seti-
-
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- step-
-
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- spor-
-
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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:
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sol.
-
- 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.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- pos.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SBLI
-
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- TRIB
-
- tri-
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pot.
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- str.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- pts.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ter.
-
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- prs.
-
- rel.
-
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Ste.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- pro-
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- pre-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- top-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Tob.
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 1080
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- BSEP
-
- BSIE
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- BSOT
-
- 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.
- BSPE
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- BSRT
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bot.
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- 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.
- BPOE
-
- obs.
-
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- BSPT
-
- lobs
-
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- est.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Pol.
-
- esp.
-
- itol
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ible
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ire.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Lib.
-
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- lit.
-
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitB
-
- btl.
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- epi-
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- lip-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- 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.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- bet.
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bio-
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- per.
-
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- blip
-
noun,
Also called pip. Electronics.
a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
(loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
- BLit
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pil-
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pet.
-
- PERL
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Pers
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- oro-
-
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- Bol.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPer
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- bops
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- ERT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- STI
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ior
-
- TSP
-
- ESL
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- Tro
-
- ERP
-
- io-
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- trp
-
- bl.
-
- ib.
-
- be-
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- SPR
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- ESR
-
- TSE
-
- spt
-
- Sr.
-
- SRB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- TSI
-
- bp.
-
- Br.
-
- STB
-
- Tbi
-
- BEP
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BSO
-
- BLS
-
- BSE
-
- BSL
-
- BRT
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- IPO
-
- TPI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- BRE
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- BPS
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- BPI
-
- BPE
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- ble
-
- Tpr
-
- EPT
-
- EBS
-
- STL
-
- EPS
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- STP
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- TBO
-
- BSP
-
- eo-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- bi-
-
- BST
-
- BIE
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- tr.
-
- IOT
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ipr
-
- oo-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- OEO
-
- OOT
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- obl
-
- RBI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- ROP
-
- 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.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- LSI
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- LST
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ltr
-
- ob.
-
- op.
-
- OSB
-
- OBE
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RPS
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- pl.
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PIO
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- POR
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- 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.
- PBS
-
- pli
-
- PLO
-
- PLR
-
- POB
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PTO
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- OSO
-
- Re.
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- pt.
-
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- RPO
-
- SLP
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- SLE
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- Lt.
-
- SLR
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ise
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Isl
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sp.
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SRO
-
- sb.
-
- SBE
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- i.
-
- TB
-
- T1
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LR
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- BO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- B-
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- IP
-
- L.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TL
-
- L1
-
- RP
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- SL
-
- le
-
- S.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- Eb
-
- L2
-
- O.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TP
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- t.
-
- RO
-
- ol
-
- PB
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.