Anagrams of poverty-stricken
Word poverty-stricken has
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- persnickety
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adjective,
overparticular; fussy.
- vest-pocket
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adjective,
designed to be carried in the pocket of the vest, in a purse, or in a similarly small space; miniature:
- interceptor
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noun,
a person or thing that intercepts.
- perversion
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noun,
the act of perverting.
- overstrike
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noun,
a coin that has been overstruck without complete obliteration of the original design.
- centistoke
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noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to 1/100 (0.01) stoke. Abbreviation: cS, cs.
- top-secret
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adjective,
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- intercepts
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noun,
an interception.
- interprets
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- retrospect
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noun,
contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- precentors
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- reconverts
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verb (used with object),
to convert again.
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- introverts
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noun,
a shy person.
- ventricose
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adjective,
swollen, especially on one side or unequally; protuberant.
- rocketries
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noun,
the science of rocket design, development, and flight.
- overprints
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noun,
Printing. a quantity of printing in excess of that desired; overrun.
- protensive
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adjective,
extended in dimension or extended in time.
- perovskite
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noun,
a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- ten-strike
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noun,
Tenpins. a strike.
- Corrientes
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noun,
a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- converters
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noun,
a person or thing that converts.
- convertite
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noun,
a convert.
- vitrescent
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adjective,
becoming glass.
- strikeover
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noun,
an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
- perversity
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noun,
the state or quality of being perverse.
- pernickety
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adjective,
persnickety.
- protective
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adjective,
having the quality or function of protecting:
- overprices
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verb (used with object),
to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overprice
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verb (used with object),
to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- Intertype
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- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- overprint
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noun,
Printing. a quantity of printing in excess of that desired; overrun.
- converter
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noun,
a person or thing that converts.
- evections
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noun,
a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
- rockeries
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noun,
rock garden.
- receptors
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- introvert
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noun,
a shy person.
- Pentecost
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noun,
a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- rectories
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noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- intersect
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verb (used with object),
to cut or divide by passing through or across:
- reckoners
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noun,
a person who reckons.
- inverters
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- reconveys
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verb (used with object),
to convey again.
- resection
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noun,
Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- interpret
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verb (used with object),
to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate:
- reversion
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noun,
the act of turning something the reverse way.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- intercept
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noun,
an interception.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- reconvert
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verb (used with object),
to convert again.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- Stenotype
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noun,
a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- preterist
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noun,
a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled.
Compare futurist (def 2), presentist.
- serictery
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noun,
a silk gland.
- Potteries
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noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- Keystoner
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- neoterics
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- reorients
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- cornetist
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noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- trickster
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noun,
a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
- portieres
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- virescent
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adjective,
turning green.
- entropies
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- invertors
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- potencies
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noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- trinketer
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noun,
a person who deals secretly or surreptitiously.
- trinketry
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noun,
trinkets collectively.
- kinescope
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noun,
a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- pectinose
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noun,
arabinose.
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- corvettes
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noun,
a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
- posterity
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noun,
succeeding or future generations collectively:
- overtrick
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noun,
a trick won by declarer in excess of the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- overtires
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- poverties
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noun,
the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury.
Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
- pinsetter
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noun,
a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- receiptor
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noun,
a person who receipts.
- vice-pres
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- stenopeic
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noun,
a device, as of wood, metal, or cardboard, with a narrow horizontal slit, worn over the eyes for protection against bright sunlight.
- overskirt
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noun,
an outer skirt.
- cerotypes
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noun,
a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
- preterits
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noun,
past (def 12).
- rose-pink
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noun,
a light pinkish red color.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- precentor
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- scrivener
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noun,
scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
- nervosity
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noun,
the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- croisette
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noun,
crossette.
- secretion
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noun,
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
- secretory
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noun,
a secretory organ, vessel, or the like.
- entrepots
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noun,
a warehouse.
- keynoters
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noun,
a person who delivers a keynote address.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- re-cover
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verb (used with object),
to cover again or anew.
- entrepot
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noun,
a warehouse.
- entirety
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noun,
the state of being entire; completeness:
- sickener
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noun,
something that sickens or disgusts.
- penstock
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noun,
a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- reconvey
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verb (used with object),
to convey again.
- province
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noun,
an administrative division or unit of a country.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- Coventry
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noun,
a city in West Midlands, in central England: heavily bombed 1940; cathedral.
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- tricorns
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- trickery
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noun,
the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
- pickeers
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verb (used without object),
to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
- protects
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- critters
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noun,
a domesticated animal.
- crosette
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noun,
crossette.
- Provence
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noun,
a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions.
- trecento
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noun,
the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- perverts
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noun,
a person who practices sexual perversion.
- ecotypes
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noun,
a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- receptor
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Tiverton
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noun,
a town in SE Rhode Island.
- tyrosine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- reckoner
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noun,
a person who reckons.
- encrypts
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verb (used with object),
to encipher or encode.
- tintypes
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noun,
Photography. ferrotype (def 2).
- eversion
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noun,
a turning or being turned outward or inside out.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- neotypes
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noun,
a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed.
- invertor
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noun,
any muscle that turns a limb or part inward.
- rocketry
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noun,
the science of rocket design, development, and flight.
- sprocket
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noun,
Machinery.
Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain.
one tooth of such a wheel.
- roperies
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noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- noisette
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noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- sportive
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adjective,
playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry:
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- spectro-
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- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- keynoter
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noun,
a person who delivers a keynote address.
- keynotes
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noun,
Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- seicento
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noun,
the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- keystone
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noun,
the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- necropsy
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noun,
the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- kernites
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noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- skittery
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adjective,
skittish.
- Serenity
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noun,
the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- serotype
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noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- kryptons
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noun,
an inert, monatomic gaseous element, present in very small amounts in the atmosphere: used in high-power, tungsten-filament light bulbs. Symbol: Kr; atomic weight: 83.80; atomic number: 36.
- sirvente
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noun,
a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- servitor
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noun,
a person who is in or at the service of another; attendant.
- synoptic
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adjective,
pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- knotters
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noun,
a person or thing that ties knots.
- severity
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noun,
harshness, sternness, or rigor:
- inverter
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noun,
a person or thing that inverts.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- overtire
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verb (used with or without object),
to tire to the point of exhaustion; tire out.
- overstep
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verb (used with object),
to go beyond; exceed:
- overspin
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noun,
topspin.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- overripe
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adjective,
too ripe; more than ripe:
- teosinte
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noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- ten-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- eternity
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noun,
infinite time; duration without beginning or end.
- tenorite
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- evection
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noun,
a periodic irregularity in the moon's motion, caused by the attraction of the sun.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- evertors
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noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- re-prove
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verb (used with or without object),
to prove again.
- rescript
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noun,
a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- stricken
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noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- strepto-
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- restrict
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verb (used with object),
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- restrike
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noun,
a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- reticent
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adjective,
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- revisory
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adjective,
pertaining to or for the purpose of revision.
- revoices
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verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- stinkpot
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noun,
Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.
- Rickover
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noun,
Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- instroke
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- corvette
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noun,
a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
- recovery
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noun,
an act of recovering.
- prevents
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verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- verniers
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noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- centrist
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noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- Pinkster
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noun,
Whitsuntide.
- Cerenkov
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noun,
Pavel A [pah-vuh l;; Russian pah-vyil] /ˈpɑ vəl;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl/ (Show IPA), Cherenkov, Pavel A.
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- viceroys
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noun,
a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign:
- cerotype
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noun,
a process of engraving in which the design or the like is cut on a wax-coated metal plate from which a printing surface is subsequently produced by stereotyping or by electrotyping.
- Cerritos
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- vertices
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noun,
a plural of vertex.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- prickets
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noun,
a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.
- cypriots
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
- Prescott
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noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- cysteine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 3 H 7 O 2 NS, a component of nearly all proteins, obtained by the reduction of cystine. Symbol: C. Abbreviation: Cys;
- portiere
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- 11-point
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- converts
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noun,
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
- Converse
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noun,
familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- contrive
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verb (used with object),
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- cytosine
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noun,
a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 5 N 3 O, that is one of the fundamental components of DNA and RNA, in which it forms a base pair with guanine. Symbol: C.
- citterns
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- prestore
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verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- venosity
-
noun,
the state or quality of being venous.
- preterit
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noun,
past (def 12).
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- conserve
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noun,
Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- portents
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- prescore
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verb (used with object),
to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- pinkeyes
-
noun,
a contagious, epidemic form of acute conjunctivitis occurring in humans and certain animals: so called from the color of the inflamed eye.
- potences
-
noun,
potency.
- vortices
-
noun,
a plural of vortex.
- printery
-
noun,
(formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Vereins
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- restock
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verb (used with or without object),
to stock again; replenish.
- restive
-
adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- veriest
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respire
-
verb (used with object),
to breathe; inhale and exhale.
- presort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- Seventy
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 7.
- striker
-
noun,
a person or thing that strikes.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- striper
-
noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- syncope
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noun,
Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- re-sort
-
verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Kirsten
-
noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- restore
-
verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- cenotes
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- styptic
-
noun,
a styptic agent or substance.
- Inkster
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- sticker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sticks.
- stinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- revokes
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of revoking.
- kineto-
-
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- revoice
-
verb (used with object),
to voice again or in return; echo.
- Servite
-
noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- cystine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 N 2 S 2 , occurring in most proteins, especially the keratins in hair, wool, and horn, and yielding cysteine on reduction.
- styrene
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- verites
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- reverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- stocker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stocks.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- retorts
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- stonker
-
verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- yestern
-
adjective,
yester.
- yester-
-
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- reprove
-
verb (used with object),
to criticize or correct, especially gently:
- evinces
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- knotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that ties knots.
- Venetic
-
noun,
an Indo-European language of NE Italy, possibly belonging to the Italic branch, known from inscriptions from the 4th to 2nd centuries b.c.
- esotery
-
noun,
esotericism.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- syenite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- pretors
-
noun,
praetor.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- terrets
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Sickert
-
noun,
Walter Richard, 1860–1942, English painter.
- Erskine
-
noun,
John (Erskine of Carnock) 1695–1768, Scottish writer on law.
- terries
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- terrine
-
noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- prevent
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
- conkers
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erosive
-
adjective,
serving to erode; causing erosion.
- overset
-
noun,
the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.
- pockets
-
noun,
a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- ventri-
-
- rickety
-
adjective,
likely to fall or collapse; shaky:
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- evertor
-
noun,
a muscle that turns a part toward the outside.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- ventro-
-
- Ventris
-
noun,
Michael George Francis, 1922–56, English architect and linguist.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- preter-
-
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- tensity
-
noun,
the state of being tense; tenseness.
- tensive
-
adjective,
stretching or straining.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- coesite
-
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.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Ventose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- venters
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- rickeys
-
noun,
a drink made with lime juice, carbonated water, and gin or other liquor.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- rickets
-
noun,
a disease of childhood, characterized by softening of the bones as a result of inadequate intake of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight, also associated with impaired calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
- Victory
-
noun,
a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- Viereck
-
noun,
Peter, 1916–2006, U.S. poet and historian.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- kerries
-
noun,
one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.
- nickers
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- spicery
-
noun,
spice.
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- Script.
-
- isotype
-
noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- pottery
-
noun,
ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- isopyre
-
noun,
an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scenery
-
noun,
the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- ironers
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- rotters
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- porkers
-
noun,
a pig, especially one being fattened for its meat.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- keister
-
noun,
the buttocks; rump.
- necktie
-
noun,
a band of decorative fabric worn around the neck, under the collar, and tied in front to hang down the front of a shirt or to form a small bow.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- snicker
-
noun,
a snickering laugh.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- skitter
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to skitter.
- society
-
noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- neotype
-
noun,
a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- poverty
-
noun,
the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury.
Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centri-
-
- skirret
-
noun,
a plant, Sium sisarum, of the parsley family, cultivated in Europe for its edible tuberous root.
- keynote
-
noun,
Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- sorcery
-
noun,
the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- centro-
-
- porkies
-
noun,
a porcupine.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- Vickers
-
noun,
Jon, born 1926, Canadian operatic tenor.
- kernite
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium borate, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅4H 2 O, occurring in transparent colorless crystals: the principal source of boron compounds in the U.S.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- vespine
-
adjective,
of or relating to wasps.
- skeptic
-
noun,
a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- krypton
-
noun,
an inert, monatomic gaseous element, present in very small amounts in the atmosphere: used in high-power, tungsten-filament light bulbs. Symbol: Kr; atomic weight: 83.80; atomic number: 36.
- rockery
-
noun,
rock garden.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- version
-
noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- versine
-
noun,
versed sine.
- Cypriot
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Cyprus.
- servery
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a food counter in a cafeteria or pub.
- rockers
-
noun,
Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- Service
-
noun,
an act of helpful activity; help; aid:
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- Vorster
-
noun,
Balthazar Johannes, 1915–83, South African political leader: prime minister 1966–78; president 1978–79.
- Vernier
-
noun,
Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- cirrose
-
adjective,
having a cirrus or cirri.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- sterno-
-
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- stertor
-
noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- inverse
-
noun,
an inverted state or condition.
- inverts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- viceroy
-
noun,
a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign:
- ketones
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- potency
-
noun,
the state or quality of being potent.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Yorkist
-
noun,
an adherent or member of the royal family of York, especially in the Wars of the Roses.
- royster
-
verb (used without object),
roister.
- roister
-
verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Rockies
-
noun,
Rocky Mountains.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Yonkers
-
noun,
a city in SE New York, on the Hudson, near New York City.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- invokes
-
verb (used with object),
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for:
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- rockets
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- stepney
-
noun,
a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Tower Hamlets.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- cervine
-
adjective,
resembling or characteristic of deer; deerlike.
- stereo-
-
- pinkeye
-
noun,
a contagious, epidemic form of acute conjunctivitis occurring in humans and certain animals: so called from the color of the inflamed eye.
- reprise
-
noun,
Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- pickeer
-
verb (used without object),
to engage in skirmishes in advance of troops of an army.
- reckons
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pricers
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- trovers
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- coverts
-
noun,
a covering; cover.
- encrypt
-
verb (used with object),
to encipher or encode.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- corners
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- Perkins
-
noun,
Frances, 1882–1965, U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
- Eysenck
-
noun,
Hans J(urgen) [yur-guh n] /ˈyɜr gən/ (Show IPA), 1916–97, British psychologist, born in Germany.
- encores
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- triceps
-
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.
- Pyrites
-
noun,
pyrite.
- trinket
-
noun,
a small ornament, piece of jewelry, etc., usually of little value.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- pensive
-
adjective,
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
- entero-
-
- pickers
-
noun,
someone or something that picks.
- crypto-
-
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- convert
-
noun,
one who has been converted, as to a religion or opinion.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- conveys
-
verb (used with object),
to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- psykter
-
noun,
a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- cryptos
-
noun,
a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
- pervert
-
noun,
a person who practices sexual perversion.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- perrons
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- pyrenes
-
noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- tricorn
-
noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- copyist
-
noun,
a person who transcribes copies, especially of documents.
- Perrine
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- ectypes
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- tricksy
-
adjective,
Also, tricksome. given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- ecotype
-
noun,
a subspecies or race that is especially adapted to a particular set of environmental conditions.
- pickets
-
noun,
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Pickett
-
noun,
Bill, 1871–1932, U.S. rodeo performer: famed as bulldogger.
- trivets
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- Trotsky
-
noun,
Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- pinkoes
-
noun,
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- pyretic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- pricket
-
noun,
a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- eyespot
-
noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Pickens
-
noun,
Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- perries
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- reentry
-
noun,
an act of reentering.
- try-pot
-
noun,
See under tryworks.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- crisper
-
noun,
a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- previse
-
verb (used with object),
to foresee.
- peyotes
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- tinkers
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- pyknics
-
noun,
a person of the pyknic type.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Trevino
-
noun,
Lee ("Super Mex") born 1939, U.S. golfer.
- trypsin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- tintype
-
noun,
Photography. ferrotype (def 2).
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- critter
-
noun,
a domesticated animal.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- tickers
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- peckers
-
noun,
a person or thing that pecks.
- Ticknor
-
noun,
George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.
- corvees
-
noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- Erikson
-
noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- corkers
-
noun,
a person or thing that corks.
- corvine
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- Treviso
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- entropy
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- privets
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- vection
-
noun,
the transference of a disease from one person to another.
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- crosier
-
noun,
a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- Prevost
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1862–1941, French novelist and dramatist.
- corresp
-
- constr.
-
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- Pevsner
-
noun,
Antoine [French ahn-twan] /French ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1886–1962, French sculptor and painter, born in Russia (brother of Naum Gabo).
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- enviers
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- rectory
-
noun,
a rector's house; parsonage.
- pyrones
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- typeset
-
adjective,
(of written, textual matter) set in type.
- typicon
-
noun,
the instructions for the orders of the services during the ecclesiastical year, contained in a manual.
- recover
-
verb (used with object),
to get back or regain (something lost or taken away):
- costive
-
adjective,
suffering from constipation; constipated.
- cotypes
-
noun,
a syntype.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- Picker
-
noun,
someone or something that picks.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- Nevers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nièvre, in central France, on the Loire River: Romanesque church.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- Nevski
-
noun,
Alexander, Alexander Nevski.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nycti-
-
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- prinks
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- nicety
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Nivose
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- rovers
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- nitro-
-
- Scotty
-
noun,
(often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- nycto-
-
- nicker
-
noun,
a person or thing that nicks.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- picket
-
noun,
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- privet
-
noun,
any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.
- Server
-
noun,
a person who serves.
- Kosice
-
noun,
a city in SE Slovakia.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- pikers
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- pyknic
-
noun,
a person of the pyknic type.
- servo-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Severy
-
noun,
(in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.
- knotty
-
adjective,
having knots; full of knots:
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- priory
-
noun,
a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
- pinery
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Severn
-
noun,
a river in Great Britain, flowing from central Wales through W England into the Bristol Channel. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- sevier
-
noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- knives
-
noun,
plural of knife.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- porker
-
noun,
a pig, especially one being fattened for its meat.
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- pinkos
-
noun,
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- pycno-
-
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picro-
-
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- nocti-
-
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- necro-
-
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Necker
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- Piercy
-
noun,
Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- septi-
-
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- ornery
-
adjective,
ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- pyrone
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- 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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- reckon
-
Verb phrases,
reckon with,
to include in consideration or planning; anticipate:
to deal with:
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- retro-
-
- Perkin
-
noun,
Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- revery
-
noun,
reverie.
- pricey
-
adjective,
expensive or unduly expensive:
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- revert
-
noun,
a person or thing that reverts.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- renvoi
-
noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- pecker
-
noun,
a person or thing that pecks.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rekeys
-
verb (used with object),
to fit with different pins and a different key.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- ovines
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pretty
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- pivots
-
noun,
a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- rectos
-
- pocket
-
noun,
a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- peyote
-
noun,
mescal (def 3).
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Peyton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Payton.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- recti-
-
- pekins
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- revers
-
noun,
a part of a garment turned back to show the lining or facing, as a lapel.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- rocket
-
noun,
any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- novice
-
noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- pryers
-
noun,
prier.
- proves
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- pokies
-
noun,
Slang. a jail:
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Rockne
-
noun,
Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- ropery
-
noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- petro-
-
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- pokers
-
noun,
a person or thing that pokes.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- Pernik
-
noun,
former name of Dimitrovo.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- revoke
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of revoking.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- ricers
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Rickey
-
noun,
a drink made with lime juice, carbonated water, and gin or other liquor.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- pointy
-
adjective,
having a comparatively sharp point:
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Pyrene
-
noun,
a putamen or stone, especially when there are several in a single fruit; a nutlet.
- ockers
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- pokeys
-
adjective,
poky.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- pricky
-
adjective,
prickly.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- Rocker
-
noun,
Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- pricks
-
noun,
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- Sicyon
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- Speyer
-
noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- sicken
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sick.
- ickers
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- evokes
-
verb (used with object),
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.):
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- strick
-
noun,
a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- cotype
-
noun,
a syntype.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- streek
-
verb (used with object),
to stretch (one's limbs), as on awakening or by exercise.
- Stover
-
noun,
coarse roughage used as feed for livestock.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- coveys
-
noun,
a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
- strove
-
verb,
simple past tense of strive.
- Yerkes
-
noun,
Charles Tyson, 1837–1905, U.S. financier and mass-transit magnate.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- covets
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- covert
-
noun,
a covering; cover.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- covers
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- evicts
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- evince
-
verb (used with object),
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
- covens
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- 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.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- trivet
-
noun,
a small metal plate with short legs, especially one put under a hot platter or dish to protect a table.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- Stevin
-
noun,
Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Steven
-
noun,
a male given name.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- corker
-
noun,
a person or thing that corks.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- Stinky
-
adjective,
foul smelling; stinking.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- stocky
-
adjective,
of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- corves
-
noun,
plural of corf.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- corvee
-
noun,
unpaid labor for one day, as on the repair of roads, exacted by a feudal lord.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- 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.
- incorr
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entity
-
noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- typist
-
noun,
a person who operates a typewriter.
- envier
-
noun,
a person who feels envy.
- envies
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- cteno-
-
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Ecevit
-
noun,
Bülent [by-lent] /büˈlɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1925–2006, Turkish journalist and political leader: prime minister 1974, 1978–80, 1998–2002.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- Eckert
-
noun,
John Presper [pres-per] /ˈprɛs pər/ (Show IPA), 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- encyst
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- tinct.
-
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- Ervine
-
noun,
St. John Greer [greer] /grɪər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1971, Irish dramatist and novelist.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- crepey
-
adjective,
(especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface:
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- 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.
- creepy
-
adjective,
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- esnecy
-
noun,
the right of the oldest member of a coparcenary to have first choice of share upon division of the inheritance.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Trevor
-
noun,
William (William Trevor Cox) born 1928, Irish short-story writer and novelist.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cryst.
-
- crispy
-
adjective,
(especially of food) brittle; crisp.
- crypts
-
noun,
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- crypt-
-
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- crikey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of surprise, amazement, dismay, etc.)
- tricks
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- sicker
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- ticket
-
noun,
a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like:
- ticker
-
noun,
a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tricky
-
adjective,
given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- criers
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- sticky
-
noun,
one of a number of small sheets of paper on a pad, each having an adhesive backing that allows it to be positioned and repositioned on smooth surfaces.
- ectype
-
noun,
a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- Soviet
-
noun,
(before the revolution) any governmental council.
(after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration.
(after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- cysti-
-
- Verner
-
noun,
Karl Adolph [kahrl ah-dolf] /kɑrl ˈɑ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1846–96, Danish linguist.
- Vernet
-
noun,
Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1714–89, French painter.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- cirro-
-
- Cyrene
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city and colony in N Africa, in Cyrenaica.
- cysto-
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Cypris
-
noun,
an epithet of Aphrodite, meaning “Lady of Cyprus.”.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- Keynes
-
noun,
John Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- soever
-
adverb,
at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words):
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Verity
-
noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- snotty
-
adjective,
Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- spiker
-
noun,
a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- Venice
-
noun,
Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- Venite
-
noun,
the 95th Psalm (94th in the Vulgate and Douay), used as a canticle at matins or morning prayers.
- venose
-
adjective,
having many or prominent veins.
- venter
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
- ventr-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- civets
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Yvette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Yvonne.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cytost
-
noun,
any cellular substance liberated because of injury to the cell or cells.
- Verein
-
noun,
a union, association, or society.
- spicey
-
adjective,
spicy.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- Sperry
-
noun,
Elmer Ambrose, 1860–1930, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- socket
-
noun,
a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- Vesper
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the evening star, especially Venus; Hesperus.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- Kinsey
-
noun,
Alfred Charles, 1894–1956, U.S. zoologist; directed studies of human sexual behavior.
- vireos
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- centi-
-
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- synop.
-
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- kitten
-
noun,
a young cat.
- voices
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- voters
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- vestry
-
noun,
a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
- Kersey
-
noun,
a heavy overcoating of wool or wool and cotton, similar to beaver and melton.
- vetoes
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- Vetter
-
noun,
Vätter.
- skiver
-
noun,
a person or thing that skives.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- Cervin
-
noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- skerry
-
noun,
a small, rocky island.
- Victor
-
noun,
a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary; conqueror.
- vinery
-
noun,
a place or enclosure in which vines, especially grapevines, are grown.
- ketone
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- ketose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that contains a ketone group.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
-
- cokers
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- Veneti
-
noun,
Also, Venetia. Also called Veneto [ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/ (Show IPA). a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).
- troves
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- invoke
-
verb (used with object),
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for:
- 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.
- yoicks
-
interjection,
Fox Hunting. (used as a cry by the huntsman to encourage the hounds.)
- spoken
-
verb,
a past participle of speak.
- vector
-
noun,
Mathematics.
a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar (def 4).
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities obey the parallelogram law of addition.
such a quantity with the additional requirement that such quantities are to transform in a particular way under changes of the coordinate system.
any generalization of the above quantities.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- contr.
-
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- convey
-
verb (used with object),
to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- spotty
-
adjective,
full of, having, or occurring in spots:
- invest
-
verb (used with object),
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- trover
-
noun,
an action for the recovery of the value of personal property wrongfully converted by another to his or her own use.
- steno-
-
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- venery
-
noun,
the gratification of sexual desire.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- 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.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spiro-
-
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- conker
-
noun,
a horse chestnut.
- coneys
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- invert
-
noun,
a person or thing that is inverted.
- intro.
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- vino-
-
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- Viper
-
noun,
any of several venomous Old World snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small snake common in northern Eurasia.
- potty
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- voter
-
noun,
a person who votes.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Prov.
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- pryer
-
noun,
prier.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- prove
-
verb (used with object),
to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
- tropy
-
- votes
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- Vitry
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1361, French music theorist, composer, and poet.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Visct
-
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- rcpt.
-
- Pskov
-
noun,
a lake in N Europe, between Estonia and the W Russian Federation, forming the S part of Lake Peipus.
- 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.
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- prink
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- toti-
-
- Tovey
-
noun,
Sir Donald Francis, 1875–1940, English music scholar.
- 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.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- trop-
-
- veery
-
noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- 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.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- priv.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- veiny
-
adjective,
full of veins; prominently veined:
- vents
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Vener
-
noun,
Vänern.
- pret.
-
- privy
-
noun,
outhouse (def 1).
- proc.
-
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- veni-
-
- pron.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- veeps
-
noun,
a vice president.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- veter
-
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Vycor
-
- prick
-
noun,
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Vicky
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Victoria.
- trove
-
noun,
a collection of objects.
- vice-
-
- trick
-
noun,
a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Verne
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1828–1905, French novelist.
- pricy
-
adjective,
pricey.
- Pres.
-
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Prot.
-
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- Verny
-
noun,
former name of Alma-Ata.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- scopy
-
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- scoke
-
noun,
pokeweed.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- spiky
-
adjective,
having a spike or spikes.
- Scot.
-
- Spike
-
noun,
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spick
-
noun,
spic.
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- spicy
-
adjective,
seasoned with or containing spice:
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- roves
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- 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.
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Rocky
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- rocks
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Royce
-
noun,
Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steek
-
verb (used with object),
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).
- 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.
- Rover
-
noun,
a person who roves; wanderer.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- spor-
-
- spoke
-
noun,
one of the bars, rods, or rungs radiating from the hub or nave of a wheel and supporting the rim or felloe.
- Spock
-
noun,
Benjamin (McLane) [muh-kleyn] /məˈkleɪn/ (Show IPA), 1903–98, U.S. physician and educator.
- 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.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- seti-
-
- skiey
-
adjective,
skyey.
- skete
-
noun,
a settlement of monks or ascetics.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- Skene
-
noun,
(in the ancient Greek theater) a structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given.
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- skeet
-
noun,
a form of trapshooting in which two traps are used and targets are hurled singly or in pairs at varying elevations and speeds so as to simulate the angles of flight taken by game birds.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- seven
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 6 plus 1.
- Sino-
-
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- Sycon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall that is folded to form many short canals leading to the spongocoel.
- sycee
-
noun,
fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.
- sicko
-
noun,
sickie (def 1).
- sero-
-
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- speck
-
noun,
a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies:
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- spec.
-
- 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?.
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- sect.
-
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Seric
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snick
-
noun,
a small cut; nick.
- sneck
-
noun,
a door latch or its lever.
- skive
-
verb (used with object),
to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- Sept.
-
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skirr
-
noun,
a grating or whirring sound.
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- River
-
noun,
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rekey
-
verb (used with object),
to fit with different pins and a different key.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- reeks
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- tykes
-
noun,
a child, especially a small boy.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Tieck
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1773–1853, German writer.
- ticks
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- Tevet
-
noun,
the fourth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- terr.
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- 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.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- recip
-
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Recit
-
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- rect.
-
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- recks
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- typo-
-
- recpt
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stock
-
noun,
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- 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.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- ricey
-
adjective,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- stick
-
noun,
a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- Ricky
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Rick.
- ricks
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- risky
-
adjective,
attended with or involving risk; hazardous:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- tenty
-
adjective,
watchful; attentive.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rept.
-
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- resp.
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stove
-
noun,
a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- restr
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- eyrir
-
noun,
an aluminum bronze coin of Iceland, the 100th part of a króna.
- oste-
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cryo-
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- crept
-
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.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- Creek
-
noun,
U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- over-
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- overt
-
adjective,
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret:
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- invt.
-
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPers
-
- Krips
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Austrian orchestra conductor.
- kryo-
-
- yocks
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- cronk
-
adjective,
sick or feeble.
- crony
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- crit.
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- covet
-
verb (used with object),
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peeks
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance; peep.
- Corny
-
adjective,
of or abounding in corn.
- knosp
-
noun,
a budlike ornament.
- corks
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- corky
-
adjective,
of the nature of cork; corklike.
- knops
-
noun,
a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- cores
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- pekes
-
noun,
Pekingese (def 1).
- Pekin
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- pekoe
-
noun,
a superior kind of black tea from Sri Lanka, India, and Java, made from leaves coarser than those used for orange pekoe.
- Corey
-
noun,
Elias James, born 1928, U.S. chemist and educator: Nobel Prize 1990.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- corpn
-
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- covey
-
noun,
a brood or small flock of partridges or similar birds.
- Yorks
-
noun,
a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Konev
-
noun,
Ivan Stepanovich [ee-vahn styi-pah-nuh-vyich] /iˈvɑn styɪˈpɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Russian general and politician.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- 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.
- 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.
- YPSCE
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- corr.
-
- pecky
-
adjective,
spotted with fungi.
- pecks
-
noun,
a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- intr.
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- evict
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (a person, especially a tenant) from land, a building, etc., by legal process, as for nonpayment of rent. Synonyms: eject, remove, dispossess, dislodge.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- every
-
Idioms,
every bit, in every respect; completely:
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- nieve
-
noun,
Archaic Northern British and Scot. Dialect. a clenched or closed hand; fist.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Nicks
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- event
-
noun,
something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some importance.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- Nicky
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nicole.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- evoke
-
verb (used with object),
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.):
- Epis.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- nitr-
-
- 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 .
- ESPEC
-
- 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.
- nitty
-
adjective,
full of nits.
- esker
-
noun,
a serpentine ridge of gravelly and sandy drift, believed to have been formed by streams under or in glacial ice.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nocks
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- noct-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- erron
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- evens
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nevis
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- never
-
Idioms,
never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- inst.
-
- incr.
-
- yirrs
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- necks
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- incor
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- ecto-
-
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- econ.
-
- insp.
-
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- yikes
-
interjection,
(an exclamation of surprise or alarm.)
- icker
-
noun,
the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Ickes
-
noun,
Harold (Le Claire) [luh klair] /lə klɛər/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- envoy
-
noun,
a diplomatic agent.
- icons
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ensky
-
verb (used with object),
to place in or as if in the heavens; exalt.
- Yeisk
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Sea of Azov.
- nervy
-
adjective,
brashly presumptuous or insolent; pushy:
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- nerve
-
noun,
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ency.
-
- Ocker
-
noun,
an uncultured Australian male.
- yerks
-
noun,
a kick or jerk.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Penki
-
noun,
Benxi.
- corp.
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- pyric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Pinsk
-
noun,
a city in SW Byelorussia (Belarus), E of Brest.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- cert.
-
- pyro-
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- 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.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- keeps
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- post-
-
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Cypro
-
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- pinks
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- pikes
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- cine-
-
- keets
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- pinky
-
noun,
pink3 .
- copr-
-
- cero-
-
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- keens
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- kepis
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- porky
-
noun,
a porcupine.
- keto-
-
- porks
-
noun,
the flesh of hogs used as food.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- Port.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Kerry
-
noun,
one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.
- 30-30
-
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- pivot
-
noun,
a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- poet.
-
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- pocky
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or covered with pocks.
- pocks
-
noun,
a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
- kente
-
noun,
a colorful fabric of Ghanaian origin: often worn as a symbol of African-American pride.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- pokey
-
adjective,
poky.
- poker
-
noun,
a person or thing that pokes.
- pokes
-
noun,
a thrust or push.
- Kevin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Kenneth.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- pinko
-
noun,
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- cyst-
-
- Perry
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cyto-
-
- Cons.
-
- civet
-
noun,
a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musklike odor, obtained from a pouch in the genital region of civets and used in perfumery.
- Ivory
-
noun,
the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- Perks
-
noun,
perquisite.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- kiver
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
cover.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Const
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- cokes
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- Coker
-
noun,
Often, cokers. an inhabitant of the mountains of the coal-mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- knees
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- pesky
-
adjective,
annoyingly troublesome; pesty:
- cont.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- conks
-
noun,
the head.
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- petr-
-
- petri
-
- Peony
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Kitty
-
noun,
a kitten.
- kytes
-
noun,
the paunch; stomach; belly.
- pico-
-
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- picks
-
noun,
the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection:
- picky
-
adjective,
extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- Kirov
-
noun,
a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, N of Kazan.
- Coney
-
noun,
a serranid fish, Epinephelus fulvus, of tropical American waters.
- Percy
-
noun,
Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- perky
-
adjective,
jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- 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.
- Petty
-
noun,
Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- peri-
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Ire.
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- est.
-
- ette
-
- spiv
-
noun,
a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- etc.
-
- 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.
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- kept
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 1080
-
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- ten.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- yrs.
-
- 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.
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- Ste.
-
- icky
-
adjective,
repulsive or distasteful.
- keet
-
noun,
a young guinea fowl.
- Inc.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- inky
-
adjective,
black as ink:
- KCVO
-
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- kc/s
-
- int.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- inv.
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- KCSI
-
- yock
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yoke
-
noun,
a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal.
Compare harness (def 1).
- yoks
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- keep
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- iso-
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- str.
-
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- Keen
-
noun,
a wailing lament for the dead.
- sock
-
noun,
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- yerk
-
noun,
a kick or jerk.
- spik
-
noun,
spic.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- keys
-
noun,
a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yirr
-
noun,
a growl or snarl, as of a dog.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- York
-
noun,
a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- copy
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- conv
-
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- veep
-
noun,
a vice president.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- conk
-
noun,
the head.
- Cor.
-
- Cony
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- Ven.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- Coke
-
noun,
the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
- coys
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- Veno
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Vent
-
noun,
an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- 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.
- civy
-
plural noun,
civvy (def 1).
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Cres
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Coty
-
noun,
René Jules Gustave [ruh-ney zhyl gys-tav] /rəˈneɪ ʒül güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1882–1962, president of France 1954–59.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cosy
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- trit
-
- Cort
-
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cork
-
noun,
the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
- tron
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- civ.
-
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Vict
-
- 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.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- vin-
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- Viny
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cene
-
- CERN
-
- cen.
-
- Visc
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- Vito
-
noun,
a male given name.
- voc.
-
- Vote
-
noun,
a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- VSOP
-
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- Vick
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Victor.
- City
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- vers
-
- very
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- cyte
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Vic.
-
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- cyke
-
noun,
cyclorama (def 2).
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- Ceto
-
- vet.
-
- veto
-
noun,
the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- cet-
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- epit
-
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tion
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- typ.
-
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- envy
-
noun,
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
- Ens.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- tyke
-
noun,
a child, especially a small boy.
- 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.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- ter.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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).
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tick
-
noun,
a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ence
-
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Eyck
-
noun,
Hubert van [hyoo-bert van;; Dutch hy-bert vahn] /ˈhyu bərt væn;; Dutch ˈhü bɛrt vɑn/ (Show IPA), Huybrecht van [Dutch hoi-brekht vahn] /Dutch ˈhɔɪ brɛxt vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1366–1426, and his brother Jan van [Dutch yahn vahn] /Dutch yɑn vɑn/ (Show IPA) (Jan van Brugge), 1385?–1440: Flemish painters.
- EEOC
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- ect-
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- eco-
-
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- top-
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- enc.
-
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- Tit.
-
- ekes
-
Verb phrases,
eke out,
to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously:
to supplement; add to; stretch:
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Eysk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tnpk
-
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NYSE
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- reek
-
noun,
a strong, unpleasant smell.
- sci.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- peke
-
noun,
Pekingese (def 1).
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- Pen.
-
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Nick
-
noun,
a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- rpt.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- ovi-
-
- nock
-
noun,
a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- Rep.
-
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- pct.
-
- peek
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance; peep.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Peck
-
noun,
a dry measure of 8 quarts; the fourth part of a bushel, equal to 537.6 cubic inches (8.81 liters).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- pts.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- seek
-
Idioms,
be sought after, to be desired or in demand:
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Pvt.
-
- neo-
-
- RSVP
-
noun,
a reply to an invitation:
- Pet.
-
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- psec
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- secy
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- perv
-
noun,
a sexual pervert.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- reck
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to have regard for; mind; heed.
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- Pers
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- scr.
-
- scry
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Neve
-
noun,
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
- Nev.
-
- RCVR
-
- sec.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- sepn
-
- Oct.
-
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- OEEC
-
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Kerr
-
noun,
Clark, 1911–2003, U.S. educator: president of the University of California 1958–67.
- 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.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- Rick
-
noun,
Also, hayrick. Chiefly Midland U.S. a large, usually rectangular stack or pile of hay, straw, corn, or the like, in a field, especially when thatched or covered by a tarpaulin; an outdoor or makeshift mow.
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- 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.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- pot.
-
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Rev.
-
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- 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.
- riv.
-
- opsy
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- repr
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Rock
-
noun,
a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- Nov.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- nos-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- neck
-
noun,
the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Syr.
-
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- prev
-
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Knt.
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- syce
-
noun,
(in India) a groom; stable attendant.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- pyr-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pyo-
-
- prin
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pink
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- kops
-
noun,
a hill.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- knop
-
noun,
a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- poky
-
noun,
Slang. a jail:
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- sync
-
noun,
synchronization:
- syn-
-
- pork
-
noun,
the flesh of hogs used as food.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- syke
-
noun,
sike.
- sick
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually preceded by the).
- prec
-
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- poke
-
noun,
a thrust or push.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- pock
-
noun,
a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
- Kyte
-
noun,
the paunch; stomach; belly.
- pre-
-
- KIPS
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- knee
-
noun,
Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- pkt.
-
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- serv
-
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- skee
-
noun,
ski.
- 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.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- pro-
-
- pos.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Skye
-
noun,
Isle of, an island in the Hebrides, in NW Scotland: cattle farming. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Pike
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- Skip
-
noun,
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- prs.
-
- NCTE
-
- ket-
-
- Kiev
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- skep
-
noun,
a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ory
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CST
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Vt.
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- VTC
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- POR
-
- Vte
-
- VTO
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ons
-
- csk
-
- VPN
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cte
-
- TPI
-
- cr.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- POV
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- VOR
-
- cp.
-
- vo.
-
- Co.
-
- CVT
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- TPN
-
- Eck
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (Johann Mayer) 1486–1543, German Roman Catholic theologian: opponent of Martin Luther.
- CRT
-
- ec-
-
- CRP
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- CRS
-
- 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.
- PRC
-
- 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.
- Tpr
-
- CSO
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- CSR
-
- tr.
-
- CVO
-
- eo-
-
- tpk
-
- CPI
-
- Orv
-
- TTY
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- VCR
-
- EEC
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- vs.
-
- CIP
-
- TTS
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- RCT
-
- 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.
- TSP
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- pik
-
noun,
payment in kind.
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- RCN
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PTT
-
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- Coy
-
adjective,
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- PSC
-
- Ver
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- py-
-
- PTV
-
- RPS
-
- PVC
-
noun,
a white, water-insoluble, thermoplastic resin, derived by the polymerization of vinyl chloride: used chiefly for thin coatings, insulation, and pipings.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- CYO
-
- CIE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ov-
-
- PSE
-
- CPO
-
- POC
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- OTS
-
- pc.
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- VIP
-
- ote
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- pks
-
plural,
pack.
- PIO
-
- pk.
-
plural,
pack.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- Tro
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PCS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- PCI
-
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- OTC
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- 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).
- stk
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- in.
-
- 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.
- ine
-
- NEC
-
- ne-
-
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- STI
-
- NYC
-
- NCO
-
- ksi
-
- krs
-
- KRP
-
- IOC
-
- yok
-
noun,
a loud, hearty laugh.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- kr.
-
- kpc
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ior
-
- ick
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of distaste or repugnance.)
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- SVR
-
- SVC
-
- STV
-
- SCP
-
- ics
-
- EEO
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- icy
-
adjective,
made of, full of, or covered with ice:
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- se-
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yeo
-
- STP
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NES
-
- ier
-
- yer
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- nik
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ITV
-
- Ivy
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- Kt.
-
- kCi
-
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- KIP
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- Key
-
noun,
a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- ity
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- kye
-
noun,
a private Korean-American banking club to which members pay contributions and from which they may take out loans, usually to start small businesses.
- Ky.
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Sky
-
noun,
the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth:
- Kev
-
- Skt
-
- Ker
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- kop
-
noun,
a hill.
- Ir.
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- SPR
-
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- IRC
-
- ite
-
- KNP
-
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- IRO
-
- 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).
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- kn.
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ISV
-
- ITC
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- io-
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- EPS
-
- EOE
-
- NSC
-
- NRC
-
- nr.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Npt
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- NPR
-
- Ep.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- env
-
- EPT
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- NYP
-
- ery
-
- ROP
-
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- NOP
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ERP
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RNR
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIt
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OIr
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- oic
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- eir
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNT
-
- Oc.
-
- tkt
-
- TKO
-
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- EIS
-
- OCS
-
- eke
-
adverb,
also.
- OCR
-
- en-
-
- ock
-
- ene
-
- op.
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Sp.
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSV
-
- rt.
-
- ESR
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- RPO
-
- ety
-
- sc.
-
- ETO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ETV
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- RPV
-
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- ERV
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- NOC
-
- Esk
-
- ese
-
- EI
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- KC
-
- KV
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- KP
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- K.
-
- CV
-
- i.
-
- SV
-
- RC
-
- VN
-
- CE
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- ey
-
- SN
-
- ry
-
- ck
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- EV
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- sk
-
- TC
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- Y.
-
- NP
-
- TN
-
- ty
-
- ic
-
- NC
-
- RO
-
- NY
-
- S.
-
- RV
-
- IP
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- NI
-
- N.
-
- NV
-
- cy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Cyrus.
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- RN
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- RI
-
- R.
-
- RP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- yr
-
- tk
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TT
-
- 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.
- YT
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- TP
-
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- V.
-
- O.
-
- VC
-
- VI
-
- 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.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- VP
-
- VR
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.