Anagrams of presanctified
Word presanctified has
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- parenticide
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noun,
a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
- preindicate
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; presage:
- predicates
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- indiscreet
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adjective,
not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection:
- indiscrete
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adjective,
not discrete; not divided into parts.
- patricides
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noun,
the act of killing one's own father.
- pediatrics
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noun,
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedestrian
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noun,
a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- dentifrice
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noun,
a paste, powder, liquid, or other preparation for cleaning the teeth.
- sanctified
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adjective,
made holy; consecrated:
- interfaces
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noun,
a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- interspace
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noun,
a space between things.
- iridescent
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noun,
an iridescent cloth, material, or other substance:
- discrepant
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adjective,
(usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent:
- pedantries
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noun,
the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pediatric
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noun,
the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- carnifies
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verb (used with object),
to form or turn into flesh.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- edacities
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noun,
the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- perfidies
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noun,
deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery:
- pesticide
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noun,
a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
- driftpins
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noun,
driftbolt (def 1).
- drift-ice
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noun,
detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
- petrifies
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verb (used with object),
to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- president
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- disinfect
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verb (used with object),
to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- discreate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- feticides
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noun,
the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
- patencies
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noun,
the state of being patent.
- patricide
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noun,
the act of killing one's own father.
- aperients
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noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- nectaries
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noun,
Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- iterances
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noun,
iteration.
- recipient
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noun,
a person or thing that receives; receiver:
- artifices
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noun,
a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
- interface
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noun,
a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- raticides
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- aperitifs
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noun,
a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- Finistere
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noun,
a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- pacifiers
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noun,
a person or thing that pacifies.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- indicates
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- creatines
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- teniacide
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noun,
taeniacide.
- first-aid
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noun,
emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.
- sparteine
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noun,
a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- patiences
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- prescient
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adjective,
having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
- perfectas
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noun,
exacta.
- rectifies
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verb (used with object),
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct:
- defiances
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noun,
a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- certifies
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verb (used with object),
to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm:
- acridines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- spindrift
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noun,
spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- deficient
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noun,
a person who is deficient, especially one who is mentally defective.
- centiares
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noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- acetifies
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verb (used with or without object),
to turn into vinegar; make or become acetous.
- actinides
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- decanters
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- predicate
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noun,
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
- predicant
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noun,
a preacher.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- precisian
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- stepdance
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noun,
a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- praefects
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noun,
prefect.
- certified
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adjective,
having or proved by a certificate:
- pindarics
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noun,
Pindaric ode.
- dicentras
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- pie-faced
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adjective,
having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.
- dipterans
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- prentices
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noun,
a male given name.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- spitfire
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noun,
a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
- infarcts
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noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- decanter
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noun,
a vessel, usually an ornamental glass bottle, for holding and serving wine, brandy, or the like.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- indrafts
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noun,
an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- dipteran
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- discrete
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adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- infracts
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verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- indirect
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adjective,
not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout:
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- increate
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adjective,
not created; uncreated.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- cisterna
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noun,
cistern (def 2).
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- red-tape
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noun,
excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- iterance
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noun,
iteration.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- tiderips
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noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- intrepid
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adjective,
resolutely fearless; dauntless:
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- artifice
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noun,
a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- inspired
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adjective,
aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence:
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- decrepit
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adjective,
weakened by old age; feeble; infirm:
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- fastener
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- scarfpin
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noun,
tiepin.
- faiences
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noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- carditis
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noun,
inflammation of the pericardium, myocardium, or endocardium, separately or in combination.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- epicedia
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noun,
a funeral song; dirge.
- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- driftpin
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noun,
driftbolt (def 1).
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- Serendip
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noun,
Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- cantrips
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- Dicentra
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of drooping flowers, as the Dutchman's-breeches or the bleeding heart.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- Friesian
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adjective, noun,
Frisian.
- frenetic
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adjective,
frantic; frenzied.
- riptides
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noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- spirited
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- cineaste
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noun,
any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
- fireside
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noun,
Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.
- firepans
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noun,
a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- Defiance
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noun,
a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- distrain
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verb (used with object),
to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- fineries
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noun,
fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- fiancees
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noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- definite
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adjective,
clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact:
- feticide
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noun,
the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- draftees
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noun,
a person who is drafted into military service.
Compare enlistee (def 1).
- ferities
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noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- canister
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noun,
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
- centiare
-
noun,
a square meter. Abbreviation: ca.
- creatine
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noun,
an amino acid, C 4 H 9 N 3 O 2 , that is a constituent of the muscles of vertebrates and is phosphorylated to store energy used for muscular contraction.
- actinide
-
noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- prefects
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noun,
a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- pacifier
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noun,
a person or thing that pacifies.
- trendies
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- adscript
-
noun,
an adscript character.
Compare inferior (def 11), superior (def 12).
- pacifies
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verb (used with object),
to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm:
- pacifist
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noun,
a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- predicts
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verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- peracids
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- prescind
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verb (used with object),
to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- pandects
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noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- pineries
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Pindaric
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noun,
Pindaric ode.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- adenitis
-
noun,
lymphadenitis.
- Priscian
-
noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- acridine
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- airspeed
-
noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- pederast
-
noun,
a person who engages in pederasty.
- Pierides
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plural noun,
the Muses.
- prefaces
-
noun,
a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- pedantic
-
adjective,
ostentatious in one's learning.
- Patience
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noun,
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
- andesite
-
noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- Piranesi
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- piracies
-
noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- raticide
-
noun,
a substance or preparation for killing rats.
- niteries
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- precents
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- pretends
-
adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- praefect
-
noun,
prefect.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- aerifies
-
verb (used with object),
to aerate.
- niceties
-
noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- perfecta
-
noun,
exacta.
- ratifies
-
verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- perfects
-
noun,
the perfect tense.
- predates
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- nitrides
-
noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- aperitif
-
noun,
a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
- percents
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- presidia
-
noun,
(in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers:
- diapirs
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- sincere
-
adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- pierced
-
adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- prefect
-
noun,
a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- preside
-
verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- diarist
-
noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- diaries
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- draftee
-
noun,
a person who is drafted into military service.
Compare enlistee (def 1).
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Dnieper
-
noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- drastic
-
adjective,
acting with force or violence; violent.
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- directs
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- pretend
-
adjective,
Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit:
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- dineric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- Dinaric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- redacts
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- descant
-
noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- predate
-
verb (used with object),
to date before the actual time; antedate:
- deciare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- decerns
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- deceits
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- decares
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decants
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- predict
-
verb (used with object),
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
- piscina
-
noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- decanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- deafens
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- piscine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- dairies
-
noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Crispin
-
noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- prances
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- stipend
-
noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- crenate
-
adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- credits
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- decries
-
verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- pinfire
-
adjective,
of or relating to a cartridge fitted with a pin that, when struck by the hammer of the firearm, causes the cartridge to explode.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- depaint
-
verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Spender
-
noun,
a person who spends, especially one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.
- Pierian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- despite
-
noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- despair
-
noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- Preface
-
noun,
a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- descent
-
noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- edifice
-
noun,
a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- depicts
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- pinards
-
noun,
wine.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- deifies
-
verb (used with object),
to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity:
- deicers
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- defines
-
verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- defiers
-
noun,
a person who defies.
- deficit
-
noun,
the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- defiant
-
adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- pinders
-
noun,
peanut.
- defects
-
noun,
a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
- defeats
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- defaces
-
verb (used with object),
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure:
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- edifies
-
verb (used with object),
to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift:
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- indraft
-
noun,
an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- paid-in
-
adjective,
having paid the dues, initiation fees, etc., required by an organization or association.
- painted
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- indicts
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- indices
-
noun,
a plural of index.
- pandect
-
noun,
pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- panders
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- pandies
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incised
-
adjective,
cut into:
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- pandits
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- iatrics
-
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Frisian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or the Frisian Islands.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- frantic
-
adjective,
desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- redfins
-
noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- refaces
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- refects
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- refined
-
adjective,
having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.:
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- reifies
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- infarct
-
noun,
a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- Nicetas
-
noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- nifties
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- nitride
-
noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- insider
-
noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- inscape
-
noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- infract
-
verb (used with object),
to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infects
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- Francis
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- faience
-
noun,
glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
- fade-in
-
noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- facient
-
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- scrinia
-
noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Script.
-
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- PERFECT
-
noun,
the perfect tense.
- fairies
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- epeiric
-
adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- redcaps
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entices
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- enteric
-
noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- perfins
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- enfaces
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- eidetic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- perinde
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Perseid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- peracid
-
noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- fancied
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- Francie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- fracted
-
adjective,
broken; having a part displaced.
- riptide
-
noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- firepan
-
noun,
a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- pectens
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- finders
-
noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- fiances
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- fiancee
-
noun,
a woman engaged to be married.
- fiacres
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- fancier
-
noun,
a person having a liking for or interest in something; enthusiast:
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- sandpit
-
noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- fenders
-
noun,
the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of an automobile, bicycle, etc., to reduce the splashing of mud, water, and the like.
- fencers
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- fatidic
-
adjective,
prophetic.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- fascine
-
noun,
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- farcies
-
noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- pentads
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- fancies
-
noun,
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- credent
-
adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- tenaces
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Cairene
-
noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- candier
-
- canters
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- cantrip
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- caprine
-
adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- transf.
-
- transfd
-
- catnips
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- transp.
-
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- tineids
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- tiderip
-
noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerated
-
adjective,
covered with wax.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- certain
-
Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- tanrecs
-
noun,
tenrec.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- centare
-
noun,
centiare.
- centri-
-
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- centres
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- tierced
-
adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Tancred
-
noun,
1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tenrecs
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Cainite
-
noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- acetins
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- triacid
-
adjective,
capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid:
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- episcia
-
noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- carnets
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- Friend
-
noun,
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Frieda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- infect
-
adjective,
Archaic. infected.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- infra-
-
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- enter-
-
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- indef.
-
- indic.
-
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- enface
-
verb (used with object),
to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
- septi-
-
- francs
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- France
-
noun,
Anatole [a-na-tawl] /a naˈtɔl/ (Show IPA), (Jacques Anatole Thibault) 1844–1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel Prize 1921.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- escent
-
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- faeces
-
noun,
feces.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- feared
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- facete
-
adjective,
facetious.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- cardi-
-
- faders
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feirie
-
adjective,
healthy; strong.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- fincas
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- finder
-
noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- fierce
-
adjective,
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile:
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- fistic
-
adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- fencer
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- fences
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- fender
-
noun,
the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of an automobile, bicycle, etc., to reduce the splashing of mud, water, and the like.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fiance
-
noun,
a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- instr.
-
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- afters
-
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- perfin
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- penta-
-
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tranfd
-
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- trans.
-
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- pisci-
-
- trifid
-
adjective,
cleft into three parts or lobes.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adrift
-
adjective, adverb,
floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored:
- adren-
-
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- actin-
-
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- patri-
-
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- inter.
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- redact
-
verb (used with object),
to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- recti-
-
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- neaped
-
adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Recife
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- redfin
-
noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- arsen-
-
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- refect
-
verb (used with object),
to refresh, especially with food or drink.
- reface
-
verb (used with object),
to renew, restore, or repair the face or surface of (buildings, stone, etc.).
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- nested
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- direct
-
adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- centi-
-
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- deific
-
adjective,
making divine; deifying.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- depict
-
verb (used with object),
to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- denti-
-
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- catnip
-
noun,
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- specif
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- decare
-
noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- decent
-
adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- drafts
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- defeat
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- drapes
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- deface
-
verb (used with object),
to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure:
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- defect
-
noun,
a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- defies
-
noun,
a challenge; a defiance.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- deafen
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- define
-
verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- drifts
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- defier
-
noun,
a person who defies.
- distr.
-
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- decafs
-
noun,
decaffeinated coffee or tea.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- defers
-
verb (used with object),
to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time:
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- certif
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- cerat-
-
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- diapir
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- nitr-
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reni-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- anti-
-
- Iran.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- ante-
-
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- irid-
-
- cine-
-
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- defer
-
verb (used with object),
to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- dent.
-
- recpt
-
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- Recit
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- recip
-
- desc.
-
- rect.
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- dept.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- istic
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- cert.
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- rcpt.
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- anis-
-
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- 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.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Pres.
-
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- aden-
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- step-
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- petr-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- peta-
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- petri
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- pref.
-
- crit.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- pred.
-
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- 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.
- prae-
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- prand
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- acpt.
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- acet-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- pated
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- andr-
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- intr.
-
- patr-
-
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decaf
-
noun,
decaffeinated coffee or tea.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- deca-
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- pant-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- deci-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- treas
-
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Srta.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- peri-
-
- 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.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- pert.
-
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- pene-
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- pedi-
-
- 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.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- PEDir
-
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- 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.
- darts
-
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- feces
-
noun,
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- sarc-
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- feeds
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- tears
-
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- sanit
-
- fence
-
noun,
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- drift
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- fards
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Scand
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Cant.
-
- 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.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- draft
-
noun,
a drawing, sketch, or design.
- finca
-
noun,
a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- fires
-
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feti-
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- caps.
-
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Epist
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- seti-
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- carp-
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Seric
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Sept.
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- edit.
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- fader
-
noun,
a person or thing that fades.
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Card.
-
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- scat-
-
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Capt.
-
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- sect.
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ESPEC
-
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- faced
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- span-
-
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Fris.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Fried
-
noun,
Alfred Hermann [al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- dist.
-
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- resp.
-
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- retd.
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- disc.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- IATSE
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- astr.
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- 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.
- ician
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rept.
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- dict.
-
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- fraps
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- 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.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- tera-
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- inst.
-
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- franc
-
noun,
an aluminum or nickel coin and monetary unit of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: F., f., Fr, fr.
- spec.
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- incr.
-
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- init.
-
- Freda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- insep
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- scr.
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- 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.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Ste.
-
- sci.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rep.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- sepn
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- tRNA
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- trid
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- str.
-
- 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.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- sec.
-
- tri-
-
- 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.
- ref.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- ten.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- 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.
- rad.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- rit.
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RNAS
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rpt.
-
- RIIA
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- std.
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- rcd.
-
- RdAc
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- prin
-
- Sra.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Sat.
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- ter.
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- SPCA
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- prs.
-
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RCAF
-
- PTSD
-
- pts.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- TDRS
-
- Rida
-
- psid
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- psia
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- psec
-
- 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.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- PSAT
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- prec
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- EDTA
-
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- pre-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ect-
-
- etc.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dif-
-
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dir.
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dpt.
-
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- FICA
-
- fict
-
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frap
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- FRCP
-
- FRCS
-
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Frs.
-
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- FACS
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fard
-
noun,
facial cosmetics.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- FERA
-
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- FDIC
-
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- fec.
-
- Fed.
-
- fedn
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- FEPC
-
- 1080
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Ind.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Apr.
-
- ates
-
- atic
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CanF
-
- cap.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- 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.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- AFSC
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aer-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aet.
-
- afr-
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- 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.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ance
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ands
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dec.
-
- ctr.
-
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- def.
-
- defs
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dep.
-
- depr
-
- der.
-
- cts.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- Cres
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- cide
-
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cpd.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- frt.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- NADP
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- pat.
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- patd
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- perf
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- INRI
-
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- IndE
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Inf.
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- ins.
-
- Ire.
-
- int.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Piaf
-
noun,
Edith (Edith Giovanna Gassion) 1914–63, French singer.
- itis
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Inc.
-
- 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.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- NASD
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- ped.
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NCTE
-
- NDAC
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- per.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Pen.
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- pct.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- peds
-
- pede
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Pan.
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- idae
-
- par.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pnea
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- NTIA
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- inae
-
- ctf
-
- CTA
-
- spt
-
- cte
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- Sr.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CST
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- prn
-
- TCA
-
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- SPR
-
- Rd.
-
- CEF
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- DEA
-
- PDF
-
noun,
a file format that makes it possible to display text and graphics in the same fixed layout on any computer screen.
- de-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CSA
-
- RCP
-
- RPS
-
- St.
-
- PCS
-
- TCS
-
- PCF
-
- STI
-
- DFC
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- DSC
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- CIF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- STP
-
- CNS
-
- RAF
-
- CPA
-
- CPS
-
- DAE
-
- CPI
-
- CIP
-
- CIE
-
- CFA
-
- CRS
-
- CFD
-
- CPR
-
- CFI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- CFP
-
- CFR
-
- cfs
-
- CRT
-
- Sta
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- CIA
-
- CRP
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- DAR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CSF
-
- PCI
-
- CSR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CDT
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AFP
-
- 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.
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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:
- 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.
- PID
-
- ANC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ANF
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AFC
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- Af.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- PRC
-
- AEF
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- PRA
-
- ACP
-
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- trf
-
- ADF
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- AEC
-
- APC
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- PSC
-
- CAF
-
- cf.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- CAI
-
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- PSF
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PDT
-
- ca.
-
- ATP
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARS
-
- pfd
-
- APS
-
- pfc
-
- pf.
-
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- prf
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ATC
-
- TID
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- Pr.
-
- nr.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- FCA
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- ScD
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ite
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- sc.
-
- ise
-
- fcp
-
- FPS
-
- FCS
-
- FDA
-
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- SAR
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- IRC
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- SCF
-
- SCP
-
- ipr
-
- SED
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ese
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ESR
-
- NAD
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- NSF
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- IPA
-
- EPA
-
- Ia.
-
- FPC
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ide
-
- FRC
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- FSA
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- FTP
-
noun,
File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFD
-
- RFC
-
- RFA
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IDP
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Sp.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- FET
-
- ine
-
- Fia
-
- fic
-
- SAE
-
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- in.
-
- sd.
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RTS
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- rnd
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- RNA
-
- IFC
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- ier
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Esc
-
- 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.
- DSA
-
- DNA
-
- DNR
-
- DPA
-
- DPC
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- DPI
-
- DPS
-
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIA
-
- NFS
-
- DSP
-
- REA
-
- DSR
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- DST
-
- Ep.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- NFD
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- RDS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- DET
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pd.
-
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NRC
-
- NRA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Npt
-
- RDF
-
- DFA
-
- DFT
-
- di.
-
- NPR
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- RCA
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- RDA
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- RDC
-
- NFC
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- 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:
- ef-
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Sfc
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- eir
-
- NEC
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- 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).
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- ene
-
- NDE
-
- ed.
-
- 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.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- NES
-
- ECF
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- N.
-
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- R.
-
- TC
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- FE
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- 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.
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RF
-
- i.
-
- 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.
- ic
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- EI
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NF
-
- TP
-
- SN
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SF
-
- FP
-
- TN
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FD
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- FC
-
- NC
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- RN
-
- CE
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- fn
-
- ee
-
- IP
-
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DP
-
- NP
-
- DN
-
- DF
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- NI
-
- RP
-