Anagrams of preciosities
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- isopiestic
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adjective,
of or noting equal pressure; isobaric.
- societies
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noun,
an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- epicrisis
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noun,
a critical study or evaluation.
- spiceries
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noun,
spice.
- isosteric
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adjective,
Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- cespitose
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adjective,
forming mats; growing in dense tufts.
- piosities
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noun,
an excessive or obvious show of piety; sanctimoniousness.
- epicrises
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noun,
a critical study or evaluation.
- scripsit
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verb,
he wrote (it); she wrote (it).
- sceptres
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- coesites
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- spectres
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noun,
specter.
- spectro-
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- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- crosstie
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noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- prosects
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- eristics
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- Perioeci
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plural noun,
the inhabitants of ancient Laconia, constituting a dependent people of Sparta, who governed themselves and had a monopoly on trade and manufacture.
Compare Helot (def 1), Spartiate.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- esoteric
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adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- respects
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- picotees
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- secrets
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- picrite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- pieties
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noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- cresset
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noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- Script.
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- pissoir
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noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- scoters
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- costers
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noun,
costermonger.
- poesies
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noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- poetess
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noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- poiesis
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- poietic
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- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- picotee
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noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- escorts
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- spirits
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- species
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noun,
a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- epeiric
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adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Orestes
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- Ossetic
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noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- pectose
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noun,
protopectin.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- stereo-
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- corsets
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- 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.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- copiers
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- priests
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- trioses
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- coesite
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noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- cesspit
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noun,
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- triceps
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noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- Prissie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- process
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noun,
a systematic series of actions directed to some end:
- prosect
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verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- resects
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- precess
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verb (used without object),
to undergo precession (def 2).
- potsies
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noun,
hopscotch.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- irises
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noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- resist
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- sprits
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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.
- recept
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- steeps
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- estops
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- estocs
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noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- esters
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noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- optics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- ptosis
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noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- ptero-
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- Sister
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noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- recess
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noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- specie
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noun,
coined money; coin.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- spites
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noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spices
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noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- Spirit
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- spiro-
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- spirts
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noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Osiris
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noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- sports
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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.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- speers
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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.
- rectos
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- recti-
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- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recipe
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noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- septi-
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- sirees
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noun,
sirree.
- pities
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noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- scries
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verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Pisces
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noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- pisci-
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- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- screes
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noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- precis
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noun,
a concise summary.
- pistes
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noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pitier
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noun,
a person who pities.
- Scipio
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noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- Pitris
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noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- poetic
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noun,
poetics.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- posits
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noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Scopes
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noun,
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scrips
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noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- septic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- Peirce
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noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- scores
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noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- petro-
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- Pierce
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- picots
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noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- prices
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noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- picro-
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- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- Pictor
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noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- piecer
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- pieces
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noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- piscos
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noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- cripes
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- corpse
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noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- Ecorse
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- copses
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noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- copies
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noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copier
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noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- ecesis
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noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- cities
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noun,
a large or important town.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- torses
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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.
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- corses
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noun,
corpse.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- stoics
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noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- crisis
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noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- Crispi
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- crisps
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noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crests
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noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cross-
-
- Crosse
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noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- crepes
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noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- 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.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- cossie
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noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- cosset
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noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- cosies
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noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Tessie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- cosets
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noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- certes
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adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- copers
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- stirps
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noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- stipes
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noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- steres
-
- stipos
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noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- tripes
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- espies
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noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- tropic
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noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- trois
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noun,
the number 3.
- Corse
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noun,
corpse.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- tripe
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Port.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- rept.
-
- Scot.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poet.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scops
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- cert.
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- trop-
-
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- ster.
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- 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.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- 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.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- poss.
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- proc.
-
- pros.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- 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.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Prot.
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rcpt.
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cero-
-
- recip
-
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- Recit
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- Pres.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- corp.
-
- post-
-
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- cores
-
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- copr-
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- 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.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- pret.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- step-
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Epis.
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- Epist
-
- Episc
-
- spec.
-
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- istic
-
- OPers
-
- opsis
-
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- sito-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ecto-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- ESPEC
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- 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.
- 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.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- spies
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- 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.
- oste-
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- peri-
-
- Sept.
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seric
-
- seti-
-
- pert.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- sect.
-
- pico-
-
- sero-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- scr.
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- top-
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sec.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Ste.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- str.
-
- ter.
-
- 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.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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).
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- sci.
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rit.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- tri-
-
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- 1080
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- cts.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pct.
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- ctr.
-
- eco-
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- ect-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- EEOC
-
- osis
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- per.
-
- Pers
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Cres
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- 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.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- iso-
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ESIS
-
- itis
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epit
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- cit.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- prs.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- psec
-
- cet-
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- 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.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- pts.
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pre-
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- pos.
-
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- Cor.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- prec
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- pro-
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cort
-
- Tro
-
- ERT
-
- SSE
-
- ETO
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- cs.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- spt
-
- ct.
-
- 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.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Esc
-
- SRS
-
- SSC
-
- SSI
-
- SSR
-
- SST
-
- St.
-
- ss.
-
- TSP
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- STI
-
- Co.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- CEO
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ETR
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- CPI
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- eo-
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CIP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- STP
-
- Ep.
-
- EOE
-
- EIS
-
- CIE
-
- eir
-
- ec-
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- EEO
-
- TCS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TPI
-
- EEC
-
- SPS
-
- ISR
-
- ETS
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- POR
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POC
-
- SCP
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- PIO
-
- SCS
-
- se-
-
- 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:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- sc.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- 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.
- 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).
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PCS
-
- PCI
-
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- PRC
-
- SRO
-
- pc.
-
- RCP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Re.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- RCS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Sp.
-
- PSS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- PSC
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- So.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- TSS
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- OCR
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- 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.
- ise
-
- IRS
-
- OIr
-
- IRO
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- ier
-
- SPR
-
- io-
-
- ics
-
- oic
-
- OTC
-
- OIt
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ose
-
- OTS
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ote
-
- EI
-
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ic
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RI
-
- RO
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- i.
-
- IP
-
- TC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RC
-
- R.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- RP
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- TP
-
- S.
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.