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- precalculus
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adjective,
pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- Ceausescu
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noun,
Nicolae [nee-kaw-lahy] /ˌni kɔˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1918–89, Romanian political leader: president 1967–89.
- pleasures
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noun,
the state or feeling of being pleased.
- sea-purse
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noun,
the horny egg case of certain rays and sharks.
- cure-all
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noun,
panacea.
- Secaucus
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noun,
a town in NE New Jersey.
- clueless
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adjective,
ignorant, unaware, or uninformed:
- seculars
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noun,
a layperson.
- replaces
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- percales
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- scaupers
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- scaleups
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- spellers
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noun,
a person who spells words.
- repulses
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noun,
the act of repelling.
- respells
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verb (used with object),
to spell again or anew.
- perusals
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noun,
a reading:
- caucuses
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noun,
U.S. Politics.
a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
(often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
- specular
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adjective,
pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- pucellas
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noun,
a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- scalpels
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noun,
a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
- pleasure
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noun,
the state or feeling of being pleased.
- careless
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adjective,
not paying enough attention to what one does:
- presells
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verb (used with object),
to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction:
- rescales
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- causeuse
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noun,
an upholstered settee for two persons.
- ruleless
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adjective,
being without rule or law.
- claspers
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- euclases
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noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- saccules
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noun,
Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Compare utricle (def 3).
- calluses
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noun,
Pathology, Physiology.
a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- relapses
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- accusers
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noun,
a person who accuses, especially in a court of law:
- uraeuses
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noun,
the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
- Lupercus
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noun,
an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- capsules
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- scruples
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- surcease
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noun,
cessation; end.
- sacculus
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noun,
a saccule.
- calculus
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noun,
Mathematics. a method of calculation, especially one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus.
- creases
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- scruple
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noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scleral
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adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- asperse
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verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- serapes
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Ecclus.
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- scrapes
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- resales
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- capsule
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noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- presell
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verb (used with object),
to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction:
- scleras
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noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- replace
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- pulsars
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- secures
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adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- cupules
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noun,
Botany.
a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn.
a cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts.
the apothecium of a cup fungus.
- recalls
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noun,
an act of recalling.
- callers
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noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Crescas
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noun,
Hasdai [khahs-dahy] /ˈxɑs daɪ/ (Show IPA), 1340–1412? Jewish philosopher and theologian, born in Spain.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- Auslese
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noun,
(often lowercase) a wine made in Germany from carefully selected ripe grapes.
- call-up
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noun,
an order to report for active military service.
- Sellers
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noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- pursues
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verb (used with object),
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- recluse
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noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- cesuras
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noun,
caesura.
- scauper
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noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- repulse
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noun,
the act of repelling.
- Purcell
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noun,
Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- sealers
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- recusal
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noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- rescues
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noun,
the act of rescuing.
- elapses
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noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- superl.
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- percuss
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verb (used with object),
Medicine/Medical. to strike or tap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- percale
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- euclase
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noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- sucrase
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noun,
invertase.
- scaleup
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noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- scalers
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noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- precess
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verb (used without object),
to undergo precession (def 2).
- saurels
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- accuser
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noun,
a person who accuses, especially in a court of law:
- parcels
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- aculeus
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noun,
Also, acus. the modified ovipositor or sting of certain hymenopterous insects.
- accrues
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verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- saucers
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noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- surplus
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noun,
something that remains above what is used or needed.
- parsecs
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- upscale
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- spruces
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- Perseus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.
- allures
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noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- placers
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- plurals
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noun,
the plural number.
- pleural
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adjective,
Anatomy. of or relating to the pleura.
- saccule
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noun,
Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Compare utricle (def 3).
- pleases
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- scalpel
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noun,
a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
- lupuses
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noun,
lupus vulgaris.
- ureases
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noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- Russell
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noun,
Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl, 1872–1970, English philosopher, mathematician, and author: Nobel Prize in literature 1950.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- reseaus
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noun,
a network.
- respell
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verb (used with object),
to spell again or anew.
- Apelles
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noun,
360?–315? b.c, Greek painter.
- escapes
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- speller
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noun,
a person who spells words.
- escarps
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- Lesser
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noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- class.
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- clause
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noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- clares
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noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clasps
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noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- reuses
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noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rupees
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noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- crepes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- clears
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noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- repels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- clepes
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verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- creeps
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noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- creels
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noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- crease
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- reseau
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noun,
a network.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- rescue
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noun,
the act of rescuing.
- crapes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Creusa
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noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- cusecs
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noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- Creuse
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noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- peruse
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verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- escape
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escarp
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- pellas
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noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- Euless
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noun,
a city in N Texas.
- Peleus
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noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- peaces
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noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pauses
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Passer
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noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- passel
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noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- lapsus
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noun,
a slip or lapse.
- places
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noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- parses
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Parsee
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noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- parsec
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Laurel
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noun,
Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Compare laurel family.
- Parcel
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noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pacers
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noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- leases
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Leucas
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noun,
Levkas.
- lepers
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noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- placer
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noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- please
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Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- Repeal
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- purses
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- cruces
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noun,
a plural of crux.
- recuse
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verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recaps
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noun,
a recapped tire.
- recall
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noun,
an act of recalling.
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- cupels
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noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- cupule
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noun,
Botany.
a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn.
a cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts.
the apothecium of a cup fungus.
- curses
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noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curule
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adjective,
privileged to sit in a curule chair.
- pursue
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verb (used with object),
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- purees
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noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- erases
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verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- pulses
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulsar
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- pullus
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noun,
a young bird; a chick.
- easels
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noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Eccles
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noun,
Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- ecrase
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adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- elapse
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noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- pluses
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noun,
a plus quantity.
- plural
-
noun,
the plural number.
- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleur-
-
- saleps
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- usurps
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verb (used with object),
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:
- cesura
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noun,
caesura.
- aureus
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.
- spalls
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noun,
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spaces
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noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- slurps
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noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- sleeps
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noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- serape
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- seracs
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noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Aspers
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noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- sepals
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- seller
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noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- assure
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verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- secure
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adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- sculps
-
verb (used with object),
to sculpture; carve or model.
- callus
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noun,
Pathology, Physiology.
a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity.
a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- sculp.
-
- sculls
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noun,
an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- capers
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noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- spares
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Spears
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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.
- scrape
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- supra-
-
- usuals
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noun,
something that is usual:
- uruses
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noun,
the aurochs.
- Ursula
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noun,
Saint, a legendary British princess who, with 11,000 virgins, is said to have been martyred by the Huns at Cologne.
- urease
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noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- accel.
-
- access
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noun,
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance:
- accrue
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verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accuse
-
verb (used with object),
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
- uraeus
-
noun,
the sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal personages of ancient Egypt, usually directly over the forehead, as an emblem of supreme power.
- supers
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noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- speels
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- super-
-
- sulcus
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noun,
a furrow or groove.
- sucres
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- alerce
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noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- sprues
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spruce
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noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- allure
-
noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- spells
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- cercus
-
noun,
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- sauces
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- scalls
-
noun,
dandruff.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- scarps
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scaups
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- caucus
-
noun,
U.S. Politics.
a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
(often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- scler-
-
- Scales
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- causes
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Cassel
-
noun,
Kassel.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- 30-30
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Sulla
-
noun,
(Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix) 138–78 b.c, Roman general and statesman: dictator 82–79.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- usurp
-
verb (used with object),
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Lucca
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- usual
-
noun,
something that is usual:
- Lulea
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- USECC
-
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Lupus
-
noun,
lupus vulgaris.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pale-
-
- palls
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pass.
-
- pases
-
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.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- sarc-
-
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- 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.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Purus
-
noun,
a river in NW central South America, flowing NE from E Peru through W Brazil to the Amazon. 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rall.
-
- pulls
-
- scups
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scull
-
noun,
an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- resp.
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- plur.
-
- spall
-
noun,
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- spec.
-
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- prae-
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- Prus.
-
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Pres.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- leuc-
-
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- culls
-
noun,
act of culling.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- eccl.
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Ascus
-
noun,
the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- apses
-
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.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- clase
-
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Eurus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the east wind.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- caps.
-
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- calc-
-
- carp-
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- caus.
-
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- ESPEC
-
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- Ecua.
-
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- accus
-
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- CCls
-
- Cres
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cule
-
- Rep.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rel.
-
- scr.
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- repl
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- Rus.
-
- clep
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- clar
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- CPCU
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- SASE
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Cels
-
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- saur
-
- 1080
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Sulu
-
noun,
a member of the most numerous tribe of Moros, living chiefly in the Sulu Archipelago.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- supr
-
- aer-
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- Sra.
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- all-
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- acr-
-
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- 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.
- Uru.
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- USRC
-
- USPS
-
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USCA
-
- USAR
-
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Susu
-
noun,
an institutionalized kinship group among the Dobuans, composed of a woman, her brother, and the woman's children.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- acc.
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLS
-
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- Ulua
-
noun,
a river in NW Honduras, flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- ACLU
-
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Apr.
-
- cap.
-
- Cull
-
noun,
act of culling.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- aur-
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- sec.
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- cac-
-
- Cal.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- ASSR
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- SPCC
-
- SPCA
-
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- seps
-
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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- asc-
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sers
-
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).
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Aus.
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- esp.
-
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- ELAS
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- par.
-
- prs.
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- psec
-
- Pal.
-
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- 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.
- ELLE
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Eur.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- per.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- PERL
-
- Pers
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- PLSS
-
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- 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.
- lea.
-
- pulu
-
noun,
a soft, elastic vegetable fiber of yellow-brown hue obtained from the young fronds of Hawaiian tree ferns, used for mattress and pillow stuffing.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lulu
-
noun,
Slang. any remarkable or outstanding person or thing:
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- luau
-
noun,
a feast of Hawaiian food, usually held outdoors and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- 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.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- cur.
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- purs
-
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- cuss
-
noun,
curse word; oath.
- usu
-
- PCS
-
- LCL
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- 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.
- LSC
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- USC
-
- ap-
-
- Sus
-
- pc.
-
- LSS
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- Pa.
-
- UAR
-
- APS
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- al.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- USP
-
- SLA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLE
-
- ARU
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- USR
-
- ll.
-
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ACS
-
- Ps.
-
- La.
-
- ac-
-
- ACP
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- ARS
-
- Apl
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- SSA
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- UPC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- up-
-
- Sr.
-
- LCA
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSC
-
- UPU
-
- SSE
-
- SSR
-
- UCR
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Ulu
-
noun,
a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side: a traditional tool of Eskimo women.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ALC
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- UCC
-
- USA
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- 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.
- APC
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ALU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SPR
-
- Ar.
-
- lep
-
- ur-
-
- Pr.
-
- USS
-
- ure
-
- UAE
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- SPS
-
- AUC
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ase
-
- ec-
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ea.
-
- cle
-
- Sp.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- 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.
- SAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- Rs.
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- ECA
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- PUC
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- PSA
-
- sc.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EEC
-
- RSA
-
- CLR
-
- CEC
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CSR
-
- CSC
-
- REA
-
- CSA
-
- RCA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- CLU
-
- RPS
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- Re.
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- RCS
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- CRC
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- RCP
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- CPU
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- CPS
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- CPR
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- CPL
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- CPA
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- pus
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noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- cee
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noun,
the letter C.
- PSS
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ERP
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- CEA
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- cl.
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- ESA
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- cs.
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- cr.
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- PLA
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- PL1
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noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- cp.
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- pl.
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- cc.
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- ca.
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- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Esc
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- ese
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- ESL
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ASU
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- ESR
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- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- Sep
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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.
- ASS
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noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
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- ESU
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- SER
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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).
- eu-
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- PLC
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Les
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- SCP
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- plu
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noun,
plew.
- PRA
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- CAS
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verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- PRC
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- Ell
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noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- CCA
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- PLR
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- SCS
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- Ep.
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- EPA
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- EPS
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- se-
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- CCP
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- CCR
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- CCS
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verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCU
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
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- L.
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- SU
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- PU
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- CU
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- LR
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- U.
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- LC
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- RU
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- UC
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- SA
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SL
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- UL
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- RP
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- L2
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- CE
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- L1
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- RC
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