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- spirochete
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noun,
any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- Cristophe
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noun,
Henri, Christophe, Henri.
- eparchies
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noun,
(in modern Greece) one of the administrative subdivisions of a province.
- atrophies
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- Parcheesi
-
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- therapies
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noun,
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- escheator
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noun,
an officer in charge of escheats.
- theories
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noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- hearties
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noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- isothere
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- strophic
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adjective,
Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- hepatics
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- Asherite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Asher.
- Pharisee
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noun,
a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- pastiche
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noun,
a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- cheerios
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noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- Thespiae
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noun,
a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- phorates
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- pitchers
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- postiche
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noun,
an imitation or substitute.
- aphorist
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noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- cheaters
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- Charites
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plural noun,
the ancient Greek name for the Graces.
- ectopias
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- hectares
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- tracheo-
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- Capriote
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- sphaero-
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- herpetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- achroite
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noun,
the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- haricots
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noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- trophies
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noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- seraphic
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- preheats
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- piscator
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noun,
fisherman.
- achiotes
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noun,
annatto.
- trochees
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- poachers
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noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- actorish
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adjective,
exaggeratedly theatrical; affected:
- spectro-
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- Christo-
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- phreatic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to ground water.
- petechia
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noun,
a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- theriacs
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- preaches
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verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Theresa
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noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- escheat
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noun,
the reverting of property to the state or some agency of the state, or, as in England, to the lord of the fee or to the crown, when there is a failure of persons legally qualified to inherit or to claim.
- theriac
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noun,
molasses; treacle.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- cashier
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noun,
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
- thorias
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noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- poaches
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verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Thraces
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noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- cahiers
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noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- spathic
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adjective,
like spar.
- ophites
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noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- poacher
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noun,
a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- capotes
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- ethiops
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adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- pitches
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noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- Perchta
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noun,
the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- carhops
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noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- Pitcher
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noun,
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- sphero-
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- oraches
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noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- peaches
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noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- earshot
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- strophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- Chi-tse
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noun,
Ki Tse.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- patches
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noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- choreas
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noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- tephras
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- retches
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noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- coaster
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noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- reshape
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verb (used with object),
to shape again or into different form.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Pechora
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noun,
a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- coatees
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- pectase
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noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- pectose
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noun,
protopectin.
- coheirs
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noun,
a joint heir.
- coheres
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verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- teacher
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noun,
a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
- Shapiro
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noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- perches
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noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- teaches
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noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Chester
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noun,
a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- parotic
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adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- cerato-
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- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- ostrich
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noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- ceriphs
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noun,
serif.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- picrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- picotee
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- eparchs
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noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- picaros
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noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- stearo-
-
- rochets
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noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- chapter
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noun,
a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- Chariot
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled vehicle for one person, usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position, used in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., in warfare, racing, hunting, etc.
- phorate
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- stereo-
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- ectopia
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noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- parches
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- roaches
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noun,
a cockroach.
- photics
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noun,
the science of light.
- cheapie
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noun,
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
- cheapos
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noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- ecartes
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- cheater
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noun,
a person or thing that cheats.
- 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.
- cheerio
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noun,
a goodbye or farewell.
- cheeros
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interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- cheiro-
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- haptics
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noun,
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- Script.
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- hectare
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noun,
a unit of surface, or land, measure equal to 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters: equivalent to 2.471 acres. Abbreviation: ha.
- apricot
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noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- hectors
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- heroics
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noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- ratches
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noun,
a ratchet.
- aethers
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noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- aristo-
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- Heaters
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noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- hoptree
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noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- potiche
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noun,
a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- pothers
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- hospice
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noun,
a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- isotach
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- hetero-
-
- hepcats
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noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- shoepac
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noun,
a heavy, laced, waterproof boot.
- heptose
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noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- archit.
-
- archsee
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noun,
archbishopric.
- torches
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noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- heretic
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noun,
a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- Sephora
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noun,
Zipporah.
- hepato-
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- hepatic
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noun,
a medicine acting on the liver.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- tricho-
-
- preheat
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verb (used with object),
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process:
- heriots
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- aseptic
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noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- trochee
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noun,
a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- sharpie
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noun,
sharper.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- achiote
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noun,
annatto.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- prithee
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interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- aitches
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noun,
the letter H, h.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- trophic
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adjective,
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- scapho-
-
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- harpist
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- Harpies
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- hipster
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noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- reaches
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noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- porches
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noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- haricot
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Phaseolus, especially P. vulgaris, the kidney bean.
- tochers
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noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- aphotic
-
adjective,
lightless; dark.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- heteros
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noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- aphetic
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adjective,
pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- isopach
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- C-star
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noun,
carbon star.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- search
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noun,
the act of searching; careful examination or investigation:
an instance of this:
- tacho-
-
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- 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.
- Parish
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- itches
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Pashto
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noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- parsec
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- earths
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Sherpa
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- tapirs
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noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- riches
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- cosher
-
verb (used with object),
to treat with special fondness; pamper.
- seraph
-
noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- shicer
-
noun,
Slang. a swindler.
- tarso-
-
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Perche
-
noun,
a former division of N France.
- Sharpe
-
noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- ichors
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- iatro-
-
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Richet
-
noun,
Charles Robert [sharl raw-ber] /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Horace
-
noun,
(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 b.c, Roman poet and satirist.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Horite
-
noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- pathic
-
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- seiche
-
noun,
an occasional and sudden oscillation of the water of a lake, bay, estuary, etc., producing fluctuations in the water level and caused by wind, earthquakes, changes in barometric pressure, etc.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- septi-
-
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- hosier
-
noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- patri-
-
- patho-
-
- Hestia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- histo-
-
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- speech
-
noun,
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture:
- etches
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- sphere
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- 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.
- Hecate
-
noun,
a goddess of the earth and Hades, associated with sorcery, hounds, and crossroads.
- ochers
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ethics
-
noun,
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles:
- sarco-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- sapro-
-
- hecto-
-
- Hector
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- haptic
-
noun,
Usually, haptics. Digital Technology.
a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device:
an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user:
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- scarph
-
noun,
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Hastie
-
noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- scathe
-
noun,
hurt, harm, or injury.
- spathe
-
noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- ochrea
-
noun,
ocrea.
- Ophite
-
noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- scato-
-
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- ochres
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- eschar
-
noun,
a hard crust or scab, as from a burn.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- echoes
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- heroic
-
noun,
Usually, heroics. heroic verse.
- eparch
-
noun,
the prefect or governor of an eparchy.
- herpes
-
noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- starch
-
noun,
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- rochet
-
noun,
a vestment of linen or lawn, resembling a surplice, worn especially by bishops and abbots.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- hiero-
-
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- Sirach
-
noun,
Son of, Jesus (def 2).
- heriot
-
noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- spiro-
-
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Schipa
-
noun,
Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- hepat-
-
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- hepcat
-
noun,
a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hepta-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- saithe
-
noun,
pollock.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- sacro-
-
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- sachet
-
noun,
a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- epochs
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- rachis
-
noun,
Botany.
the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme.
(in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed.
any of various axial structures.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- recti-
-
- Rheita
-
noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carhop
-
noun,
a person who serves customers in their cars. at a drive-in restaurant.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- rectos
-
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Thorpe
-
noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- Thrace
-
noun,
an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- cahier
-
noun,
Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- thrice
-
adverb,
three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- reecho
-
noun,
a repeated echo.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- cerat-
-
- chairs
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- thecia
-
noun,
hymenium.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- picro-
-
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ceriph
-
noun,
serif.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Cathie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Catherine.
- Cather
-
noun,
Willa (Sibert) [wil-uh see-bert] /ˈwɪl ə ˈsi bərt/ (Show IPA), 1876–1947, U.S. novelist.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- astro-
-
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- trich-
-
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tripes
-
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.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- troche
-
noun,
a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- ptero-
-
- aceto-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- troph-
-
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- tocher
-
noun,
a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- preach
-
verb (used with object),
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- archt.
-
- Archie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Archibald.
- archi-
-
- Arches
-
noun,
Architecture.
a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on either side of the opening.
an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch.
a doorway, gateway, etc., having a curved head; an archway.
the curved head of an opening, as a doorway.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- chaise
-
noun,
a light, open carriage, usually with a hood, especially a one-horse, two-wheeled carriage for two persons; shay.
- Shaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- cheers
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- chopas
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- petro-
-
- cherts
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- Cherie
-
noun,
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- Cheops
-
noun,
flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre).
- cheero
-
interjection, noun,
cheerio.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- cheeps
-
noun,
a chirp.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- chorea
-
noun,
any of several diseases of the nervous system characterized by jerky, involuntary movements, chiefly of the face and extremities.
- cheats
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cohere
-
verb (used without object),
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass:
- photic
-
adjective,
of or relating to light.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- Pesach
-
noun,
Passover (def 1).
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- chiro-
-
- Choate
-
noun,
Joseph Hodges, 1832–1917, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- Pherae
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- 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.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- phatic
-
adjective,
denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
- coheir
-
noun,
a joint heir.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- chaste
-
adjective,
refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- Charis
-
noun,
one of the Graces, married to Hephaestus.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- tephra
-
noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- charts
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- phrase
-
noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- techie
-
noun,
a student, enthusiast, or specialist in a particular technical field or subject, especially electronics.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- chaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that chases or pursues.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- chori-
-
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- cipher
-
noun,
zero.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- cheapo
-
noun,
Slang. cheapo.
- chores
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- chapes
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- ocher
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- Scot.
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- retch
-
noun,
the act or an instance of retching.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- pret.
-
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- peach
-
noun,
the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- peta-
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- riots
-
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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pres.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- ratch
-
noun,
a ratchet.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- rhet.
-
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- perch
-
noun,
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- peris
-
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.
- Seric
-
- sero-
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- seti-
-
- peri-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- Sept.
-
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- proc.
-
- pros.
-
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- Isth.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- pert.
-
- Prot.
-
- rhoea
-
- reach
-
noun,
an act or instance of reaching:
- rcpt.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- sect.
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- Orth.
-
- Piers
-
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.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- phot.
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- pari-
-
- phore
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- orch.
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Reich
-
noun,
(with reference to Germany) empire; realm; nation.
- Roach
-
noun,
a cockroach.
- sarc-
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- part.
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rept.
-
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pico-
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- parch
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- orach
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Atriplex, especially A. hortensis, of the amaranth family, cultivated for use like spinach.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- prae-
-
- recip
-
- Port.
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Recit
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- path-
-
- scat-
-
- octa-
-
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- post-
-
- petri
-
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- patr-
-
- ochre
-
noun,
any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- poche
-
noun,
the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasch
-
noun,
the Jewish festival of Passover.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- poach
-
verb (used with object),
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- OPers
-
- poet.
-
- resp.
-
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- patch
-
noun,
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- cheer
-
noun,
a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.:
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Chere
-
adjective,
dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
- chert
-
noun,
a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- chest
-
noun,
Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- chiao
-
noun,
jiao.
- chias
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- cheat
-
noun,
a person who acts dishonestly, deceives, or defrauds:
- Chita
-
noun,
a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- chopa
-
noun,
any of several fishes, especially of the sea chub family, Kyphosidae, and the nibbler family, Girellidae.
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- chore
-
noun,
a small or odd job; routine task.
- chose
-
noun,
a thing; an article of personal property.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- cheep
-
noun,
a chirp.
- cheap
-
Idioms,
cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
- tera-
-
- theca
-
noun,
a case or receptacle.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- theo-
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- chair
-
noun,
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chats
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- chais
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- chaos
-
noun,
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
- chap.
-
- chape
-
noun,
the lowermost terminal mount of a scabbard.
- char-
-
- Chari
-
noun,
Shari.
- chars
-
noun,
a charred material or surface.
- chart
-
noun,
a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- Chase
-
noun,
the act of chasing; pursuit:
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crash
-
noun,
a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- tech.
-
- 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.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- tears
-
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- corp.
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Teach
-
noun,
Informal. teacher.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- theor
-
- Theos
-
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- 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.
- Apoc.
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Arch.
-
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- arche
-
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arith
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- aitch
-
noun,
the letter H, h.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- acet-
-
- trop-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- acpt.
-
- troch
-
- acro-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- actos
-
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- treas
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carp-
-
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- thio-
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cath.
-
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- asco-
-
- astr.
-
- 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.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- caphs
-
noun,
kaph.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tachs
-
noun,
tachometer.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- spec.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- ethic
-
noun,
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group:
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- spor-
-
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- ESPEC
-
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Esth.
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hect-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- hosp.
-
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hort.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- IATSE
-
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Soche
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Shache.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- sito-
-
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herp.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- hier-
-
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hist.
-
- shpt.
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Erech
-
noun,
Biblical name of Uruk.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- ecto-
-
- Ephes
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- stech
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Epist
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- epoch
-
noun,
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
- 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.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- 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.
- tache
-
noun,
a buckle; clasp.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Srta.
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- 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.
- str.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- shr.
-
- sech
-
- sec.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- rit.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tri-
-
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- thi-
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tach
-
noun,
tachometer.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- top-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- SPCA
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Sra.
-
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ter.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- the-
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- scr.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- sci.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- 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.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- sch.
-
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Rep.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Ste.
-
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- tchr
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 1080
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etch
-
noun,
Printing. an acid used for etching.
- Eth.
-
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- eso-
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- HEAO
-
- eco-
-
- cts.
-
- each
-
adverb,
to, from, or for each; apiece:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Echo
-
noun,
a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- echt
-
adjective,
real; authentic; genuine.
- ect-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- EEOC
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eph.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- iso-
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- ICSH
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- OAPC
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- ICAO
-
- HRIP
-
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hor.
-
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- ctr.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARIS
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- Asch
-
noun,
Sholom [shaw-luh m] /ˈʃɔ ləm/ (Show IPA), or Sholem [shaw-luh m,, -lem] /ˈʃɔ ləm,, -lɛm/ (Show IPA), 1880–1957, U.S. author, born in Poland.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- cap.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Caph
-
noun,
kaph.
- 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.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- aet.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ache
-
noun,
a continuous, dull pain (in contrast to a sharp, sudden, or sporadic pain).
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTH
-
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- aph-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cash
-
noun,
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- Cres
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Cor.
-
- chs.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Chr.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- 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.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Ceto
-
- chai
-
noun,
a shed or other aboveground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks.
- Chas
-
noun,
tea.
- chat
-
noun,
informal conversation:
- Cher
-
noun,
a river in central France, flowing NW to the Loire River. 220 miles (355 km) long.
- Chet
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Chester.
- chia
-
noun,
a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- 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.
- her.
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- phr.
-
- prec
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- pro-
-
- par.
-
- prs.
-
- pre-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PSAT
-
- psec
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- psia
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- 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.
- pos.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- pot.
-
- 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.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- Phar
-
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- perh
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- OPer
-
- Pers
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- pts.
-
- pct.
-
- opia
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Pet.
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- per.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- pat.
-
- CSR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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:
- eo-
-
- CSO
-
- th-
-
- CHA
-
noun,
tea.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- PIO
-
- CST
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- cte
-
- CSA
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- CTA
-
- THC
-
- 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.
- CIA
-
- 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.
- CRT
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TCA
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- CPA
-
- PHA
-
- ChE
-
noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- CPI
-
- CPO
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- CRS
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- PHS
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- CRP
-
- sc.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- APC
-
- AHE
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AIC
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TRH
-
- 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.
- aor
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- RCS
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- tph
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- APS
-
- RCP
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- ac-
-
- Ar.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ACH
-
interjection,
alas; oh.
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- ACP
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Tro
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- 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.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAI
-
- PRA
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ea.
-
- TIA
-
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- POA
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ch.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- PSC
-
- ASI
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- RCA
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARS
-
- PSA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- ase
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ca.
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- PRC
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- SAE
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- ich
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noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- SHA
-
- ier
-
- IHP
-
- IHS
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- 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
-
- hrs
-
- HRE
-
- IPA
-
- shp
-
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RSE
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- SIC
-
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).
- sht
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- rt.
-
- ot-
-
- Hoe
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noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hop
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noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- sho
-
- hot
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noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- iph
-
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Oc.
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OTC
-
- SCP
-
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- se-
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- IPO
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- 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).
- Ir.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- IRC
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- 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.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ite
-
- ISA
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ise
-
- ish
-
- SAR
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- 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.
- RSA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SPR
-
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- St.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ROA
-
- ESR
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sta
-
- ETR
-
- EEC
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- STP
-
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- OPA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- STI
-
- EEO
-
- PCI
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Ehr
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- PCS
-
- ETO
-
- ESA
-
- ETS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- OTA
-
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- RPO
-
- Ps.
-
- HCR
-
- ote
-
- RPS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- Pr.
-
- OTS
-
- PTO
-
- Rs.
-
- hr.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- pt.
-
- ROP
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RH
-
- EI
-
- OA
-
- RP
-
- RI
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- t.
-
- ee
-
- T1
-
- AO
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- AI
-
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.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SA
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- h.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IP
-
- PH
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RO
-
- TC
-
- TP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- CE
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- S.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RC
-
- 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.
- O.
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.