Anagrams of preemption
Word preemption has
529 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of preemption.
- importee
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noun,
an imported person or thing.
- peperoni
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noun,
pepperoni.
- Piemonte
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noun,
Italian name of Piedmont.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- 11-point
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- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- open-pit
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
- Pimento
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noun,
pimiento.
- Menippe
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noun,
a daughter of Orion who, with her sister Metioche, offered herself as a sacrifice to end a plague in Boeotia.
- propmen
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noun,
a person responsible for securing, handling, and storing the properties used in a theatrical, motion-picture, or television production.
- propine
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noun,
a present; gift.
- entero-
-
- perpent
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noun,
perpend1 .
- propene
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noun,
propylene (def 2).
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- preempt
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noun,
Bridge. a preemptive bid.
- epitome
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noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- peptone
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noun,
any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- tipper
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noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- pitmen
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- toneme
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- Merope
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noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- ptero-
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- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- meteor
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noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- metro-
-
- pepino
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noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- optime
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noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- reopen
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- remote
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noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- nitro-
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- nipper
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noun,
a person or thing that nips.
- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- tippee
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noun,
a person who receives a tip, as of money or information.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- temper
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noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- Moreen
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noun,
a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.
- moppet
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noun,
a young child.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- petro-
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- intro.
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- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- topmen
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noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- Metope
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noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- Pripet
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noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- epimer
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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.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Empire
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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.
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- Ermine
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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.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- imper.
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- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- import
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noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- Topper
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- enter-
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- prompt
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noun,
Commerce.
a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note)
the contract setting the time limit.
- potpie
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noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- trompe
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noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- inter.
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- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- poteen
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- terne
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noun,
terne metal.
- TEMPO
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Peron
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noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- primp
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verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Temne
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- temp.
-
- Tempe
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noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- tempi
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noun,
a plural of tempo.
- Mont.
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- teno-
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- petr-
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- tenor
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noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- intr.
-
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- enorm
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adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- pert.
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- peri-
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- term.
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- ento-
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- Peter
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noun,
penis.
- petri
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- print
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- Port.
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- prion
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noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- retem
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- 30-30
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- trope
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trop-
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- omni-
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- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- pron.
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- ripen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- rept.
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- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Tromp
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noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- Prome
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noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- tripe
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Neper
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noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- prom.
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- reni-
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- proem
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Noemi
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noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- pene-
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- remit
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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.
- emote
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- nitr-
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- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Pepin
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noun,
("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- prop.
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- moire
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Monte
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noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- prone
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noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- metr-
-
- piton
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pret.
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- meter
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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.
- prep.
-
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Ernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- prem.
-
- Meroe
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noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- mero-
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- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- treen
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noun,
treenware.
- preen
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noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Piper
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noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- pipet
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noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- meno-
-
- Ieper
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noun,
Ypres.
- inept
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adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Prot.
-
- Point
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Meier
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noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- poet.
-
- prim.
-
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Timor
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noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- EPROM
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noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Timon
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noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- Minor
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noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Miner
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Minto
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noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- topee
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Pinot
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Primo
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noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- miter
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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.
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- prime
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Pinto
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- timer
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toper
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pome
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noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pot.
-
- opp.
-
- Reno
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noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
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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.
- repo
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
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- pomp
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noun,
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
- pone
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noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- porn
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noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- repp
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noun,
rep1 .
- rete
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noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- pop-
-
- Orem
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noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Pori
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noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pope
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- poem
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noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Piet
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noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- peen
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noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pipe
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noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pimp
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noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- Rein
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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.
- PINE
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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.
- peto
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
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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.
- PetE
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noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pint
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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.
- Pet.
-
- pion
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noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- perp
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noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- prin
-
- prie
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Perm
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noun,
permanent (def 4).
- peep
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noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- pere
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noun,
father.
- per.
-
- pepo
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noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- Pier
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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.
- pre-
-
- Pire
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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.
- pirn
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noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pro-
-
- peon
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noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
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noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pen.
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- Peer
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noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 1080
-
- OPer
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- mere
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noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- item
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noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- tome
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noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tiro
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noun,
tyro.
- M-14
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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.
- M-16
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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.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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-
-
- ment
-
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- met.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- mete
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noun,
a limiting mark.
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- mien
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noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- MiNE
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mite
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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.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ire.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- 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.
- tron
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EMet
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emp.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tri-
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- 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).
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Imp.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mon.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- rpt.
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- rit.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- nom.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- ten.
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- MOpt
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- 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.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- ter.
-
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- 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).
- Ont.
-
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- neo-
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neem
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Rom.
-
- 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.
- Tro
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROI
-
- TPN
-
- tr.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Tpr
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- TPM
-
- RPO
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- PTP
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- rt.
-
- TMO
-
- TPI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- RPM
-
- prp
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ROP
-
- rte
-
- pt.
-
- PPT
-
- MOI
-
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- mi.
-
- 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.
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIT
-
- MNE
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MOR
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- ppr
-
- MTP
-
- ne-
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Me.
-
- ite
-
- 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:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ep.
-
- EPT
-
- ERP
-
- IRO
-
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- io-
-
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- IPM
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- Ir.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- MTO
-
- trp
-
- 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:
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ote
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pm.
-
- pp.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- PTO
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- 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.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PMT
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- POR
-
- PPE
-
- PPI
-
- PPM
-
- OPM
-
- ot-
-
- ONR
-
- op.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- OEM
-
- 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.
- ONI
-
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- NMR
-
- NPR
-
- NOP
-
- Om.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NMI
-
- RI
-
- RP
-
- N.
-
- R.
-
- NM
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- t.
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RN
-
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TM
-
- MP
-
- TN
-
- M.
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RO
-
- IP
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- O.
-
- TP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .