Anagrams of precognitions
Word precognitions has
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- precognition
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noun,
knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
- recognition
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noun,
an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- cognitions
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noun,
the act or process of knowing; perception.
- prognostic
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noun,
a forecast or prediction.
- constringe
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verb (used with object),
to constrict; compress; cause to contract.
- reposition
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noun,
the act of depositing or storing.
- isentropic
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adjective,
having a constant entropy.
- incognitos
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noun,
a person who is incognito.
- positioner
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noun,
a person or thing that positions.
- congestion
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noun,
overcrowding; clogging:
- inspection
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noun,
the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically:
- inceptions
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noun,
beginning; start; commencement.
- peignoirs
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noun,
a woman's dressing gown.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- signorino
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.
- printings
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noun,
the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.
- inception
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noun,
beginning; start; commencement.
- ignitrons
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- geotropic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- isotropic
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adjective,
Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes.
Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- geoponics
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noun,
the art or science of agriculture.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- progestin
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noun,
any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- Incognito
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noun,
a person who is incognito.
- nitrogens
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- Orpington
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noun,
one of a breed of large, white-skinned chickens.
- consignor
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noun,
a person or company that consigns goods, merchandise, etc.
- cognition
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noun,
the act or process of knowing; perception.
- intorsion
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noun,
a twisting about an axis or fixed point, as of the stem of a plant.
- Negropont
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noun,
Euboea.
- ironstone
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noun,
any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- poisoning
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noun,
the condition produced by a poison or by a toxic substance.
- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- nicotines
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- nigrosine
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noun,
any of the class of deep blue or black dyes obtained by the oxidation of aniline, used as coloring agents in inks and shoe polishes and for dyeing leather, wood, textiles, and furs.
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- insertion
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noun,
the act of inserting:
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- inotropic
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adjective,
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- serotonin
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noun,
a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- pointing
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noun,
(in masonry) mortar used as a finishing touch to brickwork.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- prognose
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verb (used with or without object),
to subject to or make a prognosis.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- nitroso-
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- coitions
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noun,
coitus.
- nitrogen
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- consperg
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- ego-trip
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noun,
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
- incienso
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noun,
a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- spectro-
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- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- ionogens
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noun,
any substance capable of producing ions, as an electrolyte.
- conspire
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verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- Negritic
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adjective,
of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
- 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.
- coniines
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- Scorpion
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noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- cresting
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noun,
Architecture. a decorative coping, balustrade, etc., usually designed to give an interesting skyline.
- printing
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noun,
the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.
- egoistic
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- connotes
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- piercing
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adjective,
loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- Notornis
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noun,
a rare, flightless gallinulelike bird, Notornis mantelli, of New Zealand.
- sporting
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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.
- striping
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noun,
the act of decorating or otherwise providing with stripes:
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- isogonic
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noun,
isogonal line.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- pig-iron
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noun,
iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- seignior
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noun,
a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- 11-point
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- cinerins
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noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- perigons
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- ironings
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- porticos
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- cosigner
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noun,
a cosignatory.
- non-pros
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verb (used with object),
to adjudge (a plaintiff) in default.
- geronto-
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- peignoir
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noun,
a woman's dressing gown.
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- gerontic
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adjective,
geriatric.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- ignitron
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noun,
a cathode-arc vacuum tube with an auxiliary electrode projecting into a pool of mercury: it conducts current when the anode is positive.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- position
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noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- geoponic
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adjective,
of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- intines
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noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- ironing
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noun,
the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- porcino
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noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Crotone
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noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- porcine
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adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- porgies
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noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- rinsing
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- ionogen
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noun,
any substance capable of producing ions, as an electrolyte.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- introns
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noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- Ionesco
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noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- ionones
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noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- igniter
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- spongin
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noun,
a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- genito-
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- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pectins
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noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Gentoos
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noun,
a Hindu.
- pinions
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noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- springe
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noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- pension
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noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- stoping
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noun,
a process by which magmas move upward in the earth by breaking off and engulfing blocks of overlying rocks.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- pierogi
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noun,
a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.
- Gnostic
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
- perigon
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- picrite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- petrog.
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- sterno-
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- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Gosport
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noun,
a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
- tenpins
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- intens.
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- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- poietic
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- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- inspect
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verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- poetics
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noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- insigne
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noun,
singular of insignia.
- pocosin
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noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- epicist
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noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- Pitocin
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- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- Igorots
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noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Rontgen
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noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- ronions
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noun,
ronyon.
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- incepts
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verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sponger
-
noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- cringes
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noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- portico
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- connote
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- coignes
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noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- procto-
-
- coition
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noun,
coitus.
- Congers
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noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- congest
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verb (used with object),
to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog:
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- Scorpio
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noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- Nipigon
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noun,
Lake, a lake in SW Ontario, in S central Canada. About 1870 sq. mi. (4845 sq. km).
- Connors
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noun,
James Scott (Jimmy) born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
- consent
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noun,
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- consign
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verb (used with object),
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- consort
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noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- constr.
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- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- scoping
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noun,
Slang. the act or practice of eyeing or examining, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- 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.
- coontie
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noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- opening
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noun,
an act or instance of making or becoming open.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- coopers
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- signior
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noun,
signor.
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- trogons
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noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- 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.
- notions
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noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- centri-
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- centro-
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- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- serpigo
-
noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- nonstop
-
noun,
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- nonpros
-
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- nonegos
-
noun,
anything not considered to be the ego or conscious self; a thing external to the mind.
- Scrooge
-
noun,
Ebenezer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/ (Show IPA) a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- Script.
-
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- operons
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- Corning
-
noun,
a city in S New York.
- opinion
-
noun,
a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- opsonin
-
noun,
a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isotope
-
noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- opsonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- copings
-
noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- costing
-
noun,
cost accounting.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- posting
-
noun,
assignment to a post, command, or particular location, especially in a military or governmental capacity.
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- porting
-
noun,
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- icings
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- pengos
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- sporo-
-
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- pennis
-
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- scoto-
-
- isopor
-
noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- nonego
-
noun,
anything not considered to be the ego or conscious self; a thing external to the mind.
- orogen
-
noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- icono-
-
- nonces
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- inter.
-
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- origin
-
noun,
something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead:
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Greco-
-
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Gorton
-
noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- gripes
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- steno-
-
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- isogon
-
noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- stego-
-
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nocti-
-
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- inorg.
-
- necro-
-
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spiro-
-
- intro.
-
- Sining
-
noun,
Xining.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- instr.
-
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- osteo-
-
- Scipio
-
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.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- sponge
-
noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- spigot
-
noun,
a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- Oregon
-
noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- nitro-
-
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- incogs
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Onions
-
noun,
Charles Talbut [tawl-buh t,, tal-] /ˈtɔl bət,, ˈtæl-/ (Show IPA), 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.
- socio-
-
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- septi-
-
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- cosign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign as a cosigner.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coring
-
noun,
the act of removing a core or of cutting from a central part.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- corgis
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- copro-
-
- coping
-
noun,
a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- costo-
-
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- engin.
-
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- cteno-
-
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- topog.
-
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- rectos
-
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- prongs
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- trogon
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- proto-
-
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- recti-
-
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- ptero-
-
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropo-
-
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- contin
-
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- congos
-
noun,
congou.
- conges
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Conger
-
noun,
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- coigns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- coigne
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- cogons
-
noun,
a tall, coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica, of the tropics and subtropics, used widely for thatching.
- cogent
-
adjective,
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- coeno-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- pingos
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- picro-
-
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- pisci-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- Pigeon
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- pignon
-
noun,
the edible seed of the cones of certain pines, as the nut pine, Pinus pinea, of southern Europe.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- gipons
-
noun,
jupon.
- stooge
-
noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- eroto-
-
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- genit.
-
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- pinion
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- pogies
-
noun,
a porgy.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- gestic
-
adjective,
pertaining to bodily motions, especially in dancing.
- gonion
-
noun,
Craniometry. a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- pities
-
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:
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- proc.
-
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Scot.
-
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- Prog.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Penn.
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- onto-
-
- oste-
-
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- pert.
-
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- pico-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- petri
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- petr-
-
- Sept.
-
- Recit
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- octo-
-
- 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.
- scrog
-
noun,
any naturally short or stunted tree or bush, as a crab apple tree or blackthorn bush.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peri-
-
- pros.
-
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- sect.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Prot.
-
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- reni-
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poet.
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- resp.
-
- pret.
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- OPers
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Pres.
-
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Oreg.
-
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- orig.
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- rept.
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- opto-
-
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Regt.
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- noto-
-
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Epist
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- ergo-
-
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- 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.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- ento-
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- topo-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tono-
-
- econ.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ecto-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- engr.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- 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.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- gono-
-
- 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.
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- 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.
- goops
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- teno-
-
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Tenn.
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- stge.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- cogon
-
noun,
a tall, coarse grass, Imperata cylindrica, of the tropics and subtropics, used widely for thatching.
- coign
-
noun, verb (used with object),
quoin.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- trig.
-
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Cong.
-
- conge
-
noun,
leave-taking; farewell.
- Congo
-
noun,
congou.
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Const
-
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- 30-30
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- cine-
-
- Cons.
-
- cont.
-
- crit.
-
- 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.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- 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.
- 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.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- corp.
-
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- corpn
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- contg
-
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- coop.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- cores
-
- corgi
-
noun,
Welsh corgi.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- recip
-
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- rcpt.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- sing.
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- intr.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- noct-
-
- insep
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- ition
-
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- istic
-
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- sito-
-
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- 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.
- spec.
-
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- Sino-
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- init.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- 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.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- sero-
-
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- step-
-
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Seric
-
- noso-
-
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- 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.
- noons
-
noun,
midday.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- incog
-
adjective, adverb, noun,
incognita or incognito.
- incr.
-
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- seti-
-
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- incor
-
- spor-
-
- icing
-
noun,
a sweet, creamy spread, as of confectioners' sugar, butter, and flavoring, for covering cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- icons
-
- sepn
-
- scr.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sci.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sec.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tron
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Sig.
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tri-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Reg.
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rit.
-
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- tion
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Goop
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- 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.
- stg.
-
- 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.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ste.
-
- str.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Soni
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rep.
-
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- tonn
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- top-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- est.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ergs
-
- epit
-
- etc.
-
- ect-
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- eco-
-
- Ont.
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- enc.
-
- Eng.
-
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Oct.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epi-
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- gon-
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Inc.
-
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- ign.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- gres
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- gro.
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- geo-
-
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neo-
-
- NCTE
-
- Gen.
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Ger.
-
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- iso-
-
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Cres
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pers
-
- Ceto
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pos.
-
- 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.
- per.
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- cog.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pct.
-
- cogs
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Con.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- pot.
-
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- POGO
-
noun,
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
- 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.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- org.
-
- 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.
- cit.
-
- 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.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- psig
-
- cen.
-
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- psec
-
- ptg.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- pts.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cor.
-
- pro-
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- cet-
-
- pre-
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- prec
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prin
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- CERN
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- prs.
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- STP
-
- trp
-
- CGI
-
- Co.
-
- Ges
-
- TCS
-
- 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.
- CGS
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TSE
-
- cp.
-
- TSI
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- TSP
-
- GNP
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- ct.
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- CEO
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- CIE
-
- STI
-
- goo
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- cs.
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GPS
-
- cr.
-
- CPS
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- St.
-
- ECG
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- CPI
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Eg.
-
- CPO
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ctg
-
- cte
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- CPR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tr.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tro
-
- ETO
-
- GCT
-
- GCR
-
- GCI
-
- GCE
-
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- GOP
-
- CIP
-
- gi.
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TGN
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ESR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Esc
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- CNN
-
- ERT
-
- CNO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- CNS
-
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Tng
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- RCS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RSE
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Rs.
-
- OOT
-
- RPO
-
- RPG
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- oon
-
- ote
-
- OGO
-
- Oc.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- op.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sr.
-
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- se-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- SCP
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- ot-
-
- ROP
-
- NRC
-
- PSC
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POR
-
- PRC
-
- PSE
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PSG
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- RCP
-
- RCN
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- PIO
-
- 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.
- OTS
-
- pt.
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Pg.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- ROI
-
- Ps.
-
- ROG
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- PTO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- 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:
- NSC
-
- OTC
-
- nr.
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Re.
-
- ISR
-
- ipr
-
- ist
-
- ITC
-
- 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.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NCO
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- IPS
-
- IPO
-
- NEC
-
- ics
-
- spt
-
- GSC
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTC
-
- GTO
-
- SPR
-
- GTS
-
- io-
-
- IOT
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- ing
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ne-
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NNE
-
- NGC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NNP
-
- NES
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- 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).
- Sgt
-
- NOP
-
- 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).
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- 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.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- RI
-
- NG
-
- SG
-
- NC
-
- IG
-
- S.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SN
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- TN
-
- NP
-
- N.
-
- RC
-
- RP
-
- OG
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NI
-
- CE
-
- O.
-
- RN
-
- R.
-
- GP
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TG
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- G.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- EI
-
- TP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RO
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- t.
-
- GC
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- T1
-
- 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.
- TC
-
- IP
-
- rg
-
- GN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.