Anagrams of praetorship
Word praetorship has
1215 anagrams
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- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- phratries
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noun,
a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.
- atrophies
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noun,
Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- prophase
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noun,
Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- Sapphire
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noun,
any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- apposite
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adjective,
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt:
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- periapts
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noun,
an amulet.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- epiphora
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noun,
Pathology. an overflow of tears due to excessive secretion of the lacrimal glands or obstruction of the lacrimal ducts.
- sphaero-
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- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- epitaphs
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noun,
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
- aphorist
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noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- Potiphar
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noun,
the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- arterio-
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- trippers
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noun,
a person or thing that trips.
- stropper
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noun,
a person who strops.
- heritors
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noun,
inheritor.
- stripper
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noun,
a person who strips.
- strapper
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noun,
a person or thing that straps.
- trophies
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noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- phorates
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- rapports
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noun,
relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation:
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- parrots
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- partier
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noun,
partyer.
- ripraps
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noun,
a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- epitaph
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noun,
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
- perhaps
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adverb,
maybe; possibly:
- periapt
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noun,
an amulet.
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- heritor
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noun,
inheritor.
- thorias
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noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- threaps
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noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- phorate
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noun,
a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 17 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- Parrish
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noun,
Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
- heriots
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- parries
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noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- hot-air
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noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Harpies
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- harpist
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- harries
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noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- Harriet
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noun,
a female given name, form of Harry.
- sphero-
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- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- strophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- striper
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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:
- stearo-
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- hipster
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noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hepato-
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- stopper
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noun,
a person or thing that stops.
- Herriot
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noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- harpers
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noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- Shorter
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noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- sharpie
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noun,
sharper.
- Sephora
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noun,
Zipporah.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- tephras
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Shapiro
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noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- sharper
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noun,
a shrewd swindler.
- ethiops
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adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- shopper
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noun,
a person who shops.
- Sharrie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Sharon.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- shipper
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noun,
a person who ships goods or makes shipments.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- ophites
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noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- rippers
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noun,
a person or thing that rips.
- earshot
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noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- airport
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noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- rapport
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noun,
relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation:
- apprise
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verb (used with object),
to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of):
- pothers
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- Rappist
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noun,
Harmonist.
- rappers
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noun,
a person or thing that raps or knocks.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- trapper
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noun,
a person or thing that traps.
- rapiers
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noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- repairs
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noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- tripper
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noun,
a person or thing that trips.
- aristo-
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- Prosper
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to make successful or fortunate.
- toppers
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- arteri-
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- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- arthro-
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- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- propria
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noun,
a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; attribute.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- raptors
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- propers
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.
- rhetors
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noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Apophis
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noun,
a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.
- Prophet
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noun,
a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- sipper
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noun,
a person who sips.
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- Sippar
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noun,
an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- sirrah
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noun,
a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
- sippet
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noun,
a small bit; fragment.
- Sierra
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repros
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noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- shoppe
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noun,
shop (used chiefly for quaint effect).
- Ophite
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noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Sophar
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noun,
Zophar.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Sherpa
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noun,
a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- proser
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- propr.
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- Sharpe
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noun,
William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- opiate
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- spathe
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noun,
a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- Sopher
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noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- hosier
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noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- rasper
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noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- rasher
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noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- raters
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Rather
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Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- Hestia
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- hiero-
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- hippo-
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- hippos
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noun,
hippopotamus.
- raptor
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- histo-
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- hoarse
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adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- Hopper
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noun,
a person or thing that hops.
- Horite
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noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- ptero-
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- rapper
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noun,
a person or thing that raps or knocks.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprier
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adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- rapier
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noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- iatro-
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- spiro-
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- spirea
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- repair
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noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Sophie
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noun,
a female given name.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Ishtar
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noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- others
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noun,
the other one:
- Papist
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noun,
a Roman Catholic.
- Shaper
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noun,
a person or thing that shapes.
- rostra
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noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- perish
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Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- saithe
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noun,
pollock.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Persia
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noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- rrhoea
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- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petro-
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- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Pharos
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noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor
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noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- retro-
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- Rheita
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noun,
a crater in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 42 miles (68 km) in diameter.
- potpie
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noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- sapote
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noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- pipets
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noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- ripper
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noun,
a person or thing that rips.
- riprap
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noun,
a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
- pithos
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noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pipers
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noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- pother
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- Pietas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- rhetor
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noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Potash
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noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- Rosita
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noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- phrase
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noun,
Grammar.
a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence.
(in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- sapper
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noun,
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- seraph
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noun,
one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- reship
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verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- priers
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noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- priors
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noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- parrot
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- Pripet
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noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- Parish
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noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Popish
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Paphos
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
- proper
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.
- septi-
-
- partis
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noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Pashto
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noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- Pepita
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noun,
the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash, used in cooking and often dried or toasted and eaten as a snack food.
- Sartre
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noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Peoria
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noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Sappho
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noun,
c620–c565 b.c, Greek poet, born in Lesbos.
- sapro-
-
- Sarthe
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- patri-
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- patois
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noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patios
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noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- pathos
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noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- patho-
-
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Portia
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noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- raster
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noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- heriot
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- Thorpe
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noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- thrips
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noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- threap
-
noun,
an argument; quarrel.
- Hastie
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noun,
William Henry, 1904–76, U.S. jurist: first black judge of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- thorps
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noun,
a hamlet; village.
- appose
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verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- Ethiop
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adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- tephra
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noun,
clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- treasr
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- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- tarso-
-
- tipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- Hearst
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noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- Artois
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noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- ashpit
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noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- ashore
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adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- tapper
-
noun,
a person or thing that taps or strikes lightly.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- arthr-
-
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Harper
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Harris
-
noun,
Benjamin, c1660–c1720, English journalist who published the first newspaper in America 1690.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- astro-
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- troph-
-
- 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.
- hepat-
-
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hepta-
-
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- 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.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- Epiph.
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- patr-
-
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- 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.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Epist
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Epis.
-
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- path-
-
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- theo-
-
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- pert.
-
- theor
-
- Theos
-
- 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.
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- 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.
- peri-
-
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- rrhea
-
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- phase
-
noun,
any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phot.
-
- phore
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- thio-
-
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- Pharr
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- petri
-
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- peta-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- rept.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pros.
-
- Apepi
-
noun,
Apophis.
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- treas
-
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- prop.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- trop-
-
- 30-30
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- aero-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- raphe
-
noun,
Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rears
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- poet.
-
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- restr
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- rhet.
-
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- post-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- rhoea
-
- arith
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Port.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- prae-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- areo-
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- 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.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- resp.
-
- Pres.
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- prep.
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- IATSE
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spor-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- SHAPE
-
noun,
the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- shpt.
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sito-
-
- Isth.
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- 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.
- hist.
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- hipp-
-
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- hier-
-
- 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.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- herp.
-
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- 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.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- hosp.
-
- Heaps
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Srta.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- hort.
-
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- Hoppe
-
noun,
Willie (William Frederick) 1887–1959, U.S. billiards player.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- OPers
-
- 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.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- Esth.
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- paper
-
noun,
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- tears
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- Orth.
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- tera-
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- part.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pari-
-
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- shirr
-
noun,
Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Ste.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- top-
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ter.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- repr
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Rep.
-
- the-
-
- 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.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- str.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sat.
-
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tri-
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Sra.
-
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- shr.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- spp.
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- thi-
-
- rpt.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- HRIP
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 1080
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pat.
-
- perh
-
- Hos.
-
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- iso-
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- per.
-
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- HEAP
-
noun,
a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile:
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- HEAO
-
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Pers
-
- par.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Phar
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- opp.
-
- opia
-
- OPer
-
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- est.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eth.
-
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- epit
-
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Eph.
-
- epi-
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- pre-
-
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- PSAT
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- prs.
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- aph-
-
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apo-
-
- app.
-
- psia
-
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hor.
-
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- aer-
-
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- aet.
-
- pts.
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- pot.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- ARIS
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- Apr.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- arr.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- her.
-
- phr.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pos.
-
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pop-
-
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- appt
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- hr.
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- ETS
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- STI
-
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- STP
-
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ETR
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- APS
-
- tph
-
- TPI
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TRH
-
- aor
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- Ar.
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- TSE
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- ae.
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Tro
-
- AHE
-
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASI
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ETO
-
- ERP
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- th-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Ep.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- EPA
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ASR
-
- eo-
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATP
-
- TIA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EIS
-
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ehr
-
- eir
-
- Sta
-
- IRS
-
- St.
-
- RSE
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- PHA
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PHS
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- PIO
-
- PTO
-
- SHA
-
- Pa.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pp.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- 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).
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- SAR
-
- 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:
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- ote
-
- PTP
-
- prp
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Re.
-
- PPT
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- REA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PRA
-
- 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.
- ROP
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- ROA
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POR
-
- PPS
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- PPE
-
- pph
-
- PPI
-
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- ppr
-
- OTS
-
- Pr.
-
- OTA
-
- ISA
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- IRO
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- iph
-
- ish
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ot-
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IPO
-
- IPA
-
- OSA
-
- Hts
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- SPR
-
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOT
-
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- IHP
-
- IHS
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- op.
-
- ITA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIt
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- sho
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- sht
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- shp
-
- OIr
-
- 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.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- OAP
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- RH
-
- i.
-
- 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.
- PH
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RI
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- RP
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
-
- h.
-
- RO
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
-
- TP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- EI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- OA
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IP
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- HP
-
- 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.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- SA
-
- S.
-