Anagrams of prelatism
Word prelatism has
1101 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of prelatism.
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- impearls
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- lempiras
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Templar
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- impales
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impers.
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- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- impearl
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- lempira
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- ARTEMIS
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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.
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- persalt
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noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- plaster
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noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pastime
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noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- prelim.
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- prelims
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noun,
preliminary.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- 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.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- simper
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- simple
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noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- pastel
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noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- septi-
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- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- partis
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noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plasm-
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- primal
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adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- patri-
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- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- staple
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noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- spital
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- espial
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noun,
the act of spying.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- spirea
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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.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- spiral
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- sperm-
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- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- impale
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Pilate
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noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- imparl
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verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- impart
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- Persia
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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.
- permit
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noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- imper.
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- impels
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verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- sample
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noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Palmer
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pairle
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noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- metal.
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- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- milpas
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noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- Mister
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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.).
- miters
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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.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- mitres
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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.
- primes
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noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- matri-
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- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- limpet
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- rimple
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- Pamirs
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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).
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- remits
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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.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marist
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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.
- Elmira
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noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Pietas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- tamper
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- tramps
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noun,
the act of tramping.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tapirs
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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.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- aspire
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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):
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- armpit
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noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- armlet
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aplite
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- AmerSp
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- stipel
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- triple
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- tripes
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tepals
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- meta-
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- tera-
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- ample
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adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- metas
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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.
- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tepal
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noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Elias
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noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- miler
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- metr-
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- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- mites
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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.
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Amer.
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- miser
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noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- mires
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noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- rails
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noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- milts
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noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- rapes
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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.
- tiers
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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.
- ramet
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Tesla
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noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- amirs
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noun,
emir.
- milpa
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noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- terms
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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.
- ramie
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noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- term.
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- melts
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mears
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noun,
mere3 .
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- mails
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noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- maple
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noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- malts
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noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- rept.
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- male-
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- maist
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adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
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adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- stipe
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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.
- telia
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noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- maile
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- resp.
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- Aries
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noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- teams
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noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- rials
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noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rimas
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noun,
a female given name.
- Maris
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noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- 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.
- Melia
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- temp.
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- Melas
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noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- temps
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noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- tempi
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noun,
a plural of tempo.
- realm
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noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- reals
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noun,
real number.
- reams
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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)
- reaps
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- matr-
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- mater
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- marls
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noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Reims
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noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- apres
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preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- mast-
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- MASER
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- marts
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noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
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noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- April
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noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- marse
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noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Mitra
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noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- MPers
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Pearl
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noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- aeri-
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- patr-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- plast
-
- treas
-
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- plat.
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- part.
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 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.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- 30-30
-
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- petri
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- peta-
-
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- 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.
- pert.
-
- 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.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- alti-
-
- 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.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- prem.
-
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- prim.
-
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Parl.
-
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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).
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- pale-
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- 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.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- prae-
-
- 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).
- tears
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- astr.
-
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- 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.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- seti-
-
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Ital.
-
- 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.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Srta.
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- 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.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- 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.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- semi-
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Sept.
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- tri-
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Rep.
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repl
-
- Sam.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- 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.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ste.
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- 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).
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- pil-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- str.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- SMTP
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- pts.
-
- 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.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- psia
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- PSAT
-
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rpt.
-
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- 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)
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ter.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Sem.
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- prs.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- 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.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rel.
-
- Saml
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Sat.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- 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.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- pre-
-
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- 1080
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- atm.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- 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.
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- ates
-
- Imp.
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- mal-
-
- MALS
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- MEPA
-
- ARIS
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Arm.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- art.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- epi-
-
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- epit
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.”.
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ELAS
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lat.
-
- emia
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- 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.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- Emp.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- met.
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Aire
-
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- aet.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- MSPE
-
- MSIE
-
- MSAE
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- pam.
-
- par.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- per.
-
- 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.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pers
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- PERL
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- aer-
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- 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.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alt.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Apr.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- MIPS
-
- 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.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- 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.
- mis-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- MILR
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- mil.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- ier
-
- Apl
-
- al.
-
- TSI
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- EPS
-
- TSP
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ILP
-
- Ar.
-
- ILS
-
- EPA
-
- ae.
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Sta
-
- 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.
- trp
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- TSE
-
- SPR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- Am.
-
- APS
-
- ESR
-
- ap-
-
- spt
-
- ETR
-
- Sr.
-
- ETS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- EPT
-
- St.
-
- Ep.
-
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- STP
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AME
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ASM
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ALM
-
- TAL
-
- tlr
-
- 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.
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- at.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- STM
-
- EMT
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- AMS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- STI
-
- ase
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ASI
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TIA
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- STL
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- 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.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- 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.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RPS
-
- 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.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- MIT
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MEP
-
- PSE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- IPA
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- REA
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MAP
-
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:
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- 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.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- ml.
-
- LSM
-
- PLA
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PRA
-
- PMT
-
- PLR
-
- pli
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pm.
-
- pl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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:
- Pr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- PSA
-
- MRI
-
- MLA
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRP
-
- Pa.
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- LST
-
- Me.
-
- LSI
-
- se-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SAR
-
- Isl
-
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLA
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- lep
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ISR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ist
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lt.
-
- ITA
-
- La.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- LIM
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RSE
-
- IPM
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- SMA
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- lpm
-
- SLR
-
- LMT
-
- SLP
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RPM
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- rt.
-
- SLE
-
- SAE
-
- Sp.
-
- ise
-
- rte
-
- ISA
-
- RTS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- ite
-
- i.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
-
- L.
-
- SA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MP
-
- LM
-
- RP
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- TP
-
- SM
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LR
-
- L2
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TL
-
- TM
-
- IP
-