Anagrams of predicaments
Word predicaments has
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- mercaptides
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noun,
a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- predicament
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noun,
an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- discrepant
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adjective,
(usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent:
- Parmenides
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noun,
flourished c450 b.c, Greek Eleatic philosopher.
- imprecates
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- escarpment
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noun,
Geology. a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust.
Compare scarp (def 1).
- mercaptide
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noun,
a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- predicates
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- space-time
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noun,
Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
- miscreated
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adjective,
badly or wrongly created; misshapen; monstrous.
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- pedestrian
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noun,
a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pedantries
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noun,
the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- spermaceti
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noun,
a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- Mertensia
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- tradesmen
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noun,
a person engaged in trade.
- dementias
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- Demetrias
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noun,
an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- president
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- medicates
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verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- medicares
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65.
Compare Medicaid.
- pandemics
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noun,
a pandemic disease.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- timecards
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noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- spermatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- distemper
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noun,
Veterinary Pathology.
Also called canine distemper. an infectious disease chiefly of young dogs, caused by an unidentified virus and characterized by lethargy, fever, catarrh, photophobia, and vomiting.
Also called colt distemper, equine distemper, strangles. an infectious disease of horses, caused by the bacillus Streptococcus equi and characterized by catarrh of the upper air passages and the formation of pus in the submaxillary and other lymphatic glands.
Also called cat distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis, feline panleukopenia. a usually fatal viral disease of cats, characterized by fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, leading to severe dehydration.
- pediments
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- spermatid
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noun,
Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- miscreant
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noun,
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
- antimeres
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- impedance
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noun,
Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- dipterans
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- decimates
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verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- miscreate
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adjective,
miscreated.
- impacters
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- stepdance
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noun,
a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- predicate
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- imprecate
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- predicant
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noun,
a preacher.
- predatism
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noun,
the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- pederast
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noun,
a person who engages in pederasty.
- matinees
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- timecard
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noun,
a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
- aperient
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- specimen
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noun,
a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- Peterman
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noun,
a safecracker.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- pediment
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noun,
(in classical architecture) a low gable, typically triangular with a horizontal cornice and raking cornices, surmounting a colonnade, an end wall, or a major division of a façade.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- matrices
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noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- spearmen
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noun,
a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- meanders
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noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- campsite
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noun,
a place used or suitable for camping.
- mind-set
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noun,
an attitude, disposition, or mood.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- spacemen
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noun,
an astronaut.
- pedantic
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adjective,
ostentatious in one's learning.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- pretends
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adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- Ansermet
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noun,
Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, Swiss symphony orchestra conductor.
- Casement
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noun,
a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- stampede
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noun,
a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- casimere
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noun,
cassimere.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- centimes
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- permeant
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adjective,
permeating; pervading.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- centiare
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- dementis
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- demerits
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- demireps
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noun,
a demimondaine.
- demi-sec
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adjective,
(of wines) semidry; sweeter than sec but drier than doux.
- Dempster
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noun,
deemster.
- red-tape
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noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- decimate
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verb (used with object),
to destroy a great number or proportion of:
- dipteran
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- predates
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verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- spermine
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noun,
a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- decrepit
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adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- dimeters
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- Serendip
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noun,
Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- medicate
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verb (used with object),
to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- cremates
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- premiate
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verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- cremains
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plural noun,
the ashes of a cremated corpse.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- carmines
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noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- sediment
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noun,
the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- Pandemic
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noun,
a pandemic disease.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- cerimans
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noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- semantic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
- pandects
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- etamines
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- estampie
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noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- predicts
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verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- prenames
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noun,
given name.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- airspeed
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noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- endermic
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adjective,
acting through the skin, as a medicine, by absorption.
- amerinds
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- endemics
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noun,
an endemic disease.
- adscript
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noun,
an adscript character.
Compare inferior (def 11), superior (def 12).
- mediants
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- stepdame
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noun,
a stepmother.
- peracids
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- impacter
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- impacted
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noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- Medicare
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65.
Compare Medicaid.
- prescind
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verb (used with object),
to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- mediates
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- nectars
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- pandect
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- Tampere
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noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- dements
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verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- pandies
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noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- cetanes
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- redcaps
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noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- depaint
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- redacts
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verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- panders
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noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- Tancred
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noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- demirep
-
noun,
a demimondaine.
- cinemas
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noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- dementi
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- tandems
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noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- demeans
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noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- cermets
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noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- demerit
-
noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- centime
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noun,
a monetary unit of various nations and territories, as Lichtenstein, Martinique, Senegal, Switzerland, and Tahiti, the 100th part of a franc.
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- nematic
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adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
- pandits
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noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- stipend
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noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- 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.
- steamed
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noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- cerated
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adjective,
covered with wax.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- recants
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Dampier
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noun,
William, 1652–1715, English navigator, explorer, buccaneer, and writer.
- dampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that damps or depresses:
- dampens
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verb (used with object),
to make damp; moisten:
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- painted
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noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- cramped
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- centri-
-
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- raiment
-
noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- ceriman
-
noun,
a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- tapemen
-
noun,
a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- decamps
-
verb (used without object),
to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground:
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- stamin-
-
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- sedarim
-
noun,
a plural of Seder.
- Meitner
-
noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- menaces
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- etamine
-
noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- Riesman
-
noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- estamin
-
noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- menders
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- Mercian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- epimers
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- Meriden
-
noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- endemic
-
noun,
an endemic disease.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- encamps
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- medinas
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Script.
-
- emprise
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- Maidens
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- sandpit
-
noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- mantids
-
noun,
mantis.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- scamper
-
noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- matinee
-
noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- meander
-
noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- mediant
-
noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- impers.
-
- impends
-
verb (used without object),
to be imminent; be about to happen.
- impedes
-
verb (used with object),
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impacts
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- mediate
-
adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- empties
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- predate
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- deperms
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce the permanent magnetism of (a vessel) by wrapping an electric cable around it vertically athwartships and energizing the cable.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- spermic
-
adjective,
spermatic.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- remiped
-
noun,
a remiped animal.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- reminds
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- remands
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- dimeter
-
noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- remains
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- Ditmars
-
noun,
Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- diastem
-
noun,
a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- spireme
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- despite
-
noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- despair
-
noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- descent
-
noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- reedman
-
noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- dermat-
-
- dereism
-
noun,
autism.
- depicts
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Spender
-
noun,
a person who spends, especially one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- sidearm
-
adverb,
with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground:
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- sideman
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- sidemen
-
noun,
an instrumentalist in a band or orchestra.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Mideast
-
noun,
Middle East.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- minders
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- Dnieper
-
noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- mitered
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- misread
-
verb (used with or without object),
to read wrongly.
- misdate
-
noun,
a wrong date.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- cements
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- AmerInd
-
noun,
Indian (def 1).
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Carmine
-
noun,
a crimson or purplish-red color.
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- prename
-
noun,
given name.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- candier
-
- campers
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- premise
-
noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- peteman
-
noun,
peterman.
- preside
-
verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- pierced
-
adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- premeds
-
noun,
a program of premedical study or training.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- predict
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- pinards
-
noun,
wine.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Perseid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- perinde
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- pinders
-
noun,
peanut.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- admires
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- transp.
-
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- pretend
-
adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- peracid
-
noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- pentads
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- sperm-
-
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- distr.
-
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- impend
-
verb (used without object),
to be imminent; be about to happen.
- Dreams
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- imper.
-
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- drapes
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- tiered
-
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.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- impede
-
verb (used with object),
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- desman
-
noun,
either of two aquatic, insectivorous mammals, Myogale moschata, of southeastern Russia, or M. pyrenaica, of the Pyrenees, related to shrews.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- actin-
-
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- disarm
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a weapon or weapons.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- adeems
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- Remsen
-
noun,
Ira, 1846–1927, U.S. chemist and educator.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- dimers
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- arsen-
-
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- enter-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- menads
-
noun,
maenad.
- amends
-
noun,
reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- menace
-
noun,
something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- encamp
-
verb (used with object),
to make into a camp.
- amidst
-
preposition,
amid.
- amides
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- AmerSp
-
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escent
-
- Mendes
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- Mentes
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- merdes
-
noun,
excrement.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Merced
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septi-
-
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- premed
-
noun,
a program of premedical study or training.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- anemic
-
adjective,
Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- seamen
-
noun,
a person skilled in seamanship.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- adren-
-
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- admits
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- medias
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- minder
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- emends
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- Medit.
-
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- edemas
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- icemen
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- iceman
-
noun,
a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- nemat-
-
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- dermis
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cardi-
-
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- patri-
-
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Maced.
-
- Ismene
-
noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- scampi
-
noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- centr-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- centi-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- cement
-
noun,
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cerat-
-
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cinema
-
noun,
Chiefly British. motion picture.
- Carmen
-
noun,
Ciudad del Carmen.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- madres
-
noun,
mother1 .
- mantic
-
adjective,
of or relating to divination.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- demise
-
noun,
death or decease.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- decime
-
noun,
a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- inter.
-
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- denims
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- instr.
-
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- intra-
-
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- denti-
-
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- 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.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- demits
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- demies
-
noun,
a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- penta-
-
- recti-
-
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- meanie
-
noun,
Informal. meany.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- neaped
-
adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- nested
-
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.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- matri-
-
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- damper
-
noun,
a person or thing that damps or depresses:
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- dampen
-
verb (used with object),
to make damp; moisten:
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- dermas
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- dermic
-
adjective,
dermal.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- 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.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Decamp
-
verb (used without object),
to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground:
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Camden
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- deperm
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce the permanent magnetism of (a vessel) by wrapping an electric cable around it vertically athwartships and energizing the cable.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- McNair
-
noun,
Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affected by mania.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prand
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- matr-
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- masc.
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- mast-
-
- prem.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- prae-
-
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Meads
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- meeds
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Medic
-
noun,
a member of a military medical corps; corpsman.
- part.
-
- mends
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- rcpt.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- nears
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pene-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Recit
-
- pedi-
-
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- recip
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- PEDir
-
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- pated
-
- pant-
-
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- patr-
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Menes
-
noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- 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.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metr-
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- retd.
-
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- MIDAS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given by Dionysus the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- 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.
- pret.
-
- minds
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- mense
-
noun,
propriety; discretion.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Pres.
-
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- mesne
-
adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- meta-
-
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- pred.
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- MSEnt
-
- pert.
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- peta-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- 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-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- prim.
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- misc.
-
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- rept.
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- reni-
-
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- petri
-
- MPers
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- 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.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- cert.
-
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- 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: ¢.
- cent.
-
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Cmdr.
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- 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.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tears
-
- Card.
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Capt.
-
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- darts
-
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- damps
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dames
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- demes
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deism
-
noun,
belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Srta.
-
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deca-
-
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Deems
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- deci-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- damns
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- crim.
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- crit.
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Cant.
-
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Amer.
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- AMEDS
-
- amid-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- anim.
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- treas
-
- anis-
-
- acet-
-
- acpt.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- aden-
-
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- temp.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- 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.
- 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.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- term.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Armen
-
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- demi-
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- 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.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- IATSE
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- sect.
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Iran.
-
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Seric
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- scat-
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- span-
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- incr.
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- seti-
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- insp.
-
- Epist
-
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- intr.
-
- Episc
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- inst.
-
- Epis.
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- insep
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- maids
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- dict.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- sanit
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diam.
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- sarc-
-
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dent.
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dept.
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- derm-
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- derms
-
noun,
a navigational device for making a nearby object conspicuous on a radarscope.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- semen
-
noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- semi-
-
- ESPEC
-
- desc.
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- disme
-
noun,
a former coin of the U.S., equal to 10 cents, issued in 1792: early form of the dime.
- dist.
-
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Sept.
-
- Scand
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- spec.
-
- drams
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- disc.
-
- 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.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- sec.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sat.
-
- tri-
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sam.
-
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- trid
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- scr.
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- rpt.
-
- sci.
-
- std.
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Sem.
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- ter.
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- SPCA
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Sra.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- SRAM
-
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RdAc
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rcd.
-
- str.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- PSAT
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- psid
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- psia
-
- Rida
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- psec
-
- prs.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- sepn
-
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- prin
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- pts.
-
- SMTP
-
- Tasm
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- RADM
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- TDRS
-
- PTSD
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- rad.
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- 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.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- RCMP
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 1080
-
- prec
-
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ect-
-
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- epi-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- epit
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Ens.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Emp.
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- DIMS
-
Idioms,
take a dim view of, to regard with disapproval, skepticism, or dismay:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dim.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- dia-
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- depr
-
- dep.
-
- Din.
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- dpt.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Mar.
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- mads
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MAEd
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Man.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- med.
-
- mdse
-
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- mdnt
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- MDES
-
- MDAP
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pre-
-
- etc.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Ind.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Esd.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- idae
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- ins.
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- IndE
-
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Imp.
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- ARIS
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Arm.
-
- amt.
-
- ASME
-
- atic
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atm.
-
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ance
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aer-
-
- Adm.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- acr-
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIME
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amp.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- amdt
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- Cres
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- crat
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cpd.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- damp
-
noun,
moisture; humidity; moist air:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Dec.
-
- Dem.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- cit.
-
- cis-
-
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- cap.
-
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Can.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- cat.
-
- Cdr.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- cir.
-
- cide
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- MNAS
-
- per.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Pen.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- peds
-
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- mRNA
-
- Pers
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- neem
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mis-
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Pet.
-
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- pede
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- par.
-
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pct.
-
- pat.
-
- patd
-
- NADP
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- ped.
-
- msec
-
- MSAE
-
- MScD
-
- MSCE
-
- MSCP
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pam.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- NDAC
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- NCTE
-
- MSEE
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- MSIE
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- MSPE
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- met.
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- MIPS
-
- 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.
- Mic.
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Mid.
-
- 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.
- midn
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- 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.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- men-
-
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- ment
-
- MEPA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- NIRA
-
- NTIA
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- pnea
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- mids
-
noun,
Archaic. the middle.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- min.
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- NRA
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- nr.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- NRC
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- CIA
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- NSA
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- STM
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Npt
-
- CDT
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pm.
-
- STI
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CTA
-
- DEA
-
- CPR
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- de-
-
- CST
-
- CIE
-
- STP
-
- DCM
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- CRS
-
- prn
-
- CPI
-
- DAE
-
- CMA
-
- CMD
-
- pc.
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- CNM
-
- CNS
-
- CPA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- CRP
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pd.
-
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- Pr.
-
- CPS
-
- pt.
-
- NSC
-
- DAR
-
- Ps.
-
- DSC
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- DSM
-
- CIM
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CIP
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Pa.
-
- CRT
-
- CPM
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- ast
-
- PCI
-
- Tpr
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- 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:
- PID
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- TPN
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- AMS
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- PRC
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- AIC
-
- PRA
-
- ACP
-
- PMT
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- APC
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- PCM
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- CAI
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RMA
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- RPS
-
- PDT
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- PCS
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ca.
-
- ATP
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- PSC
-
- APS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- PSA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- PSE
-
- Rd.
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- at.
-
- ATC
-
- NPR
-
- DET
-
- NMR
-
- IDP
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- SED
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- ide
-
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- ier
-
- MNA
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MIT
-
- ine
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SCP
-
- SCM
-
- Ia.
-
- MRI
-
- IPM
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Mt.
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- MST
-
- MSN
-
- MSI
-
- ERP
-
- Sep
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noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- MSE
-
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- MSD
-
- ese
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ESR
-
- MSA
-
- MRP
-
- ETR
-
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- IPA
-
- ipr
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- EPA
-
- rte
-
- mi.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- SAE
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MCI
-
- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MCP
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- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- MCR
-
- Sp.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- MAP
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noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPM
-
- rnd
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- RNA
-
- RMC
-
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MEP
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- IPS
-
- ite
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- ScD
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ise
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- MIP
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- sc.
-
- Mc-
-
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- SAR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- MIE
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- 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.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- 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.
- DRE
-
- DMS
-
- DMT
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- DPI
-
- DPM
-
- DPS
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Dr.
-
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- DSA
-
- DSP
-
- Ep.
-
- DST
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- NDE
-
- EAM
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- DMA
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- RDC
-
- NMI
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- RDA
-
- SPR
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- RDS
-
- REA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- di.
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- 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:
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- NES
-
- ean
-
- DSR
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- en-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EMT
-
- EEC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- eir
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- EMR
-
- NAD
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ed.
-
- MTP
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SMD
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- SMA
-
- MTS
-
- ECM
-
- 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).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- ene
-
- SA
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SM
-
- CM
-
- NM
-
- RN
-
- N.
-
- RP
-
- CE
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- S.
-
- 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.
- RI
-
- R.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NC
-
- ND
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- DM
-
- NP
-
- TD
-
- SN
-
- MN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IP
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TM
-
- TN
-
- TP
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ic
-
- i.
-
- DN
-
- MP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TC
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DP
-
- RC
-