Anagrams of presentational
Word presentational has
3451 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of presentational.
- interpolates
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verb (used with object),
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- presentation
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noun,
an act of presenting.
- alternations
-
noun,
the act or process of alternating or the state of being alternated.
- penetrations
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noun,
the act or power of penetrating.
- interpolate
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- alternation
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noun,
the act or process of alternating or the state of being alternated.
- neapolitans
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Naples.
- interseptal
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adjective,
situated between septa.
- penetration
-
noun,
the act or power of penetrating.
- nonliterate
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adjective,
preliterate.
- transalpine
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps.
- translation
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noun,
the rendering of something into another language or into one's own from another language.
- anisopteran
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the suborder Anisoptera, comprising the dragonflies.
- planetaries
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noun,
Machinery. a planetary gear train.
- Septentrion
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noun,
Obsolete. the north.
- prestation
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noun,
a payment in money or in services.
- sentential
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
- pretension
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noun,
the laying of a claim to something.
- alternates
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noun,
a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
- separation
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noun,
an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- alteration
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noun,
the act or process of altering; the state of being altered:
- septennial
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adjective,
occurring every seven years.
- entertains
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- alpestrine
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adjective,
subalpine (def 2).
- transplant
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noun,
the act or process of transplanting.
- senatorial
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
- perennials
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noun,
a perennial plant:
- Neapolitan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Naples.
- Pearlstein
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noun,
Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- panettones
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noun,
an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- Palestrina
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noun,
Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- arsenolite
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- Apresoline
-
- repletions
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- orientates
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- retaliates
-
verb (used with object),
to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
- Atropatene
-
noun,
Media Atropatene.
- near-point
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noun,
the point nearest the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is at a maximum.
- antilepton
-
noun,
the antiparticle of a lepton.
- retentions
-
noun,
the act of retaining.
- proteinase
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- nonpareils
-
noun,
a person or thing having no equal.
- tenantries
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noun,
tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- penetralia
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plural noun,
the innermost parts or recesses of a place or thing.
- potentials
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noun,
possibility; potentiality:
- seal-point
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noun,
a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- Trasentine
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noun,
a brand of adiphenine.
- personalia
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plural noun,
personal belongings.
- stentorian
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adjective,
very loud or powerful in sound:
- Plantation
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noun,
a usually large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated, usually by resident laborers.
- aeroplanes
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noun,
airplane.
- Pleasanton
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noun,
a town in W California.
- stone-pine
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noun,
Also called umbrella pine, parasol pine. a tree, Pinus pinea, native to southern Europe, having branches forming an umbrellalike crown and bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- interlopes
-
verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- steel-trap
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noun,
a trap for catching animals, consisting of spring-operated steel jaws with sharp projections that clamp shut.
- intolerant
-
noun,
an intolerant person; bigot.
- interplant
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
intercrop.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- Peronista
-
noun,
Peronist.
- nationals
-
noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- pestilent
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adjective,
producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- tin-plate
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noun,
thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin.
- intonates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- personnel
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noun,
a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
- aperients
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- natations
-
noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- pertinent
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adjective,
pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant:
- patentors
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noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- orientate
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verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- trotlines
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- sententia
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noun,
an aphorism; maxim.
- alternate
-
noun,
a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
- rationals
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- plantains
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noun,
a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- alterants
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- alternant
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noun,
Linguistics. a variant form that exists in alternation with another or others.
- tenorites
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noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- pastorate
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noun,
the office or term of office of a pastor.
- triptanes
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- petiolate
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adjective,
having a petiole or peduncle.
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- innersole
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noun,
insole.
- pastorale
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noun,
an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- perinatal
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adjective,
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- operettas
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noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- platinate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- saltation
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noun,
a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- retaliate
-
verb (used with object),
to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
- interpose
-
verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- nonpareil
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noun,
a person or thing having no equal.
- instanter
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adverb,
immediately; at once.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- penalties
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noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- retention
-
noun,
the act of retaining.
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- psalteria
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noun,
the omasum.
- antipoles
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- antipasto
-
noun,
a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- Patterson
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noun,
Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- teleports
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noun,
a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.
- perennial
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noun,
a perennial plant:
- saprolite
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noun,
soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- seriplane
-
noun,
a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- Neo-Latin
-
noun,
New Latin.
- Annapolis
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Maryland, in the central part, on Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Naval Academy.
- neoplasia
-
noun,
Pathology. tumor growth.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- pentolite
-
noun,
a high explosive consisting of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and TNT.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- pensioner
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noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- tolerates
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- nilpotent
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adjective,
equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
- poetaster
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noun,
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- annotates
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes:
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- penitents
-
noun,
a penitent person.
- penetrant
-
noun,
a person or thing that penetrates.
- saltpeter
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noun,
the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- lotteries
-
noun,
a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
- Antipater
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noun,
398?–319 b.c, Macedonian statesman and general: regent of Macedonia 334–323.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- pistareen
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noun,
peseta (def 2).
- slant-top
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adjective,
(especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- lannerets
-
noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- alienates
-
verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- etiolates
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- internals
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- epistoler
-
noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- postnatal
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adjective,
subsequent to childbirth:
- soleprint
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noun,
a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- pistoleer
-
noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- panettone
-
noun,
an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- talapoins
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noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- parietals
-
noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- potential
-
noun,
possibility; potentiality:
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- tanneries
-
noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- relations
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- sparteine
-
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.
- treenails
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- palatines
-
noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- Potteries
-
noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- Spartiate
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noun,
a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen.
Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- spinneret
-
noun,
an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
- transient
-
noun,
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- Esperanto
-
noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- literates
-
noun,
a person who can read and write.
- Spitteler
-
noun,
Carl [German kahrl] /German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), ("Felix Tandem") 1845–1924, Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1919.
- tarnation
-
noun,
damnation; hell (used as a euphemism):
- Orleanais
-
noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- entertain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- translate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- stationer
-
noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- pinsetter
-
noun,
a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- strontian
-
noun,
strontianite.
- aerolites
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- Petrolina
-
noun,
a city in NE Brazil.
- internat.
-
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- repletion
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- aeroplane
-
noun,
airplane.
- petronels
-
noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- planation
-
noun,
the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
- Aristotle
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noun,
384–322 b.c, Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.
- pantalets
-
noun,
Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- tres-tine
-
noun,
royal antler.
- laterites
-
noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- terpineol
-
noun,
any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- repentant
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adjective,
repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
- Palestine
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noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- entrepots
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noun,
a warehouse.
- interlope
-
verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- entropies
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- ten-spot
-
noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- arsenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- palestra
-
noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- open-air
-
noun,
the outdoors.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- paletots
-
noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- palettes
-
noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- sternite
-
noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- reenlist
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- panelist
-
noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- one-step
-
noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- arnattos
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- panniers
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- internet
-
noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- pantalet
-
noun,
Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- atropine
-
noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- aristate
-
adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- Atlantis
-
noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- atlantes
-
noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- renitent
-
adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- asperate
-
verb (used with object),
to make rough, harsh, or uneven:
- aspirant
-
noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- replants
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- aspirate
-
noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- INTELSAT
-
noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- orinasal
-
noun,
an orinasal sound.
- tertials
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- astatine
-
noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- aseptate
-
adjective,
without a separating wall or membrane.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- repaints
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- asternal
-
adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- tetanies
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- painters
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- Oriental
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- teosinte
-
noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- Artesian
-
adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- ateliers
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- operetta
-
noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- Palatine
-
noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- operants
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- resonant
-
noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- strepto-
-
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- Interpol
-
noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- entresol
-
noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- talipots
-
noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- tannates
-
noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- Erastian
-
noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- leporine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- sonatina
-
noun,
a short or simplified sonata.
- sleep-in
-
noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- slattern
-
noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- literate
-
noun,
a person who can read and write.
- entrepot
-
noun,
a warehouse.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entrants
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrails
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Lorestan
-
noun,
Luristan.
- entitles
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- isolette
-
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- spelaean
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- stearate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of stearic acid.
- spoliate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- strontia
-
noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- stannite
-
noun,
a mineral, iron-black to steel-gray in color, with a metallic luster, copper iron tin sulfide, Cu 2 FeSnS 4 : an ore of tin.
- stannate
-
noun,
a salt of a stannic acid.
- sprattle
-
noun,
a struggle; fight.
- lanneret
-
noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- etiolate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light:
- eternals
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- laotians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- isoprene
-
noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- splitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that splits.
- splinter
-
noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splatter
-
noun,
an act or instance of splattering.
- Estonian
-
noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- spirelet
-
noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- laterite
-
noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- Latinate
-
adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- talapoin
-
noun,
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- espalier
-
noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- serenata
-
noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- tenorite
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- elations
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- saponite
-
noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sanitate
-
verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- insolent
-
noun,
an insolent person.
- teleport
-
noun,
a regional telecommunications network that provides access to communications satellites and other long distance media; telecommunications hub.
- salt-pan
-
noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- noisette
-
noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- neonates
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- nonaries
-
noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- Saarinen
-
noun,
Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- notarial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- Roseanna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oleaster
-
noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- tenorist
-
noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- retinols
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- retinals
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Stapelia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- neonatal
-
adjective,
of or relating to newborn children.
- septaria
-
noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- intrants
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- separate
-
noun,
Usually, separates. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- Sentinel
-
noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- enplanes
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- sentient
-
noun,
a person or thing that is sentient.
- naperies
-
noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- natation
-
noun,
an act or the skill of swimming.
- enations
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- sea-lane
-
noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- National
-
noun,
a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection:
- Elsinore
-
noun,
Helsingør.
- intrans.
-
- intranet
-
noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- seatrain
-
noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- seaplane
-
noun,
an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.
- intonate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- insolate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- sea-lion
-
noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- pantiles
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- pantonal
-
adjective,
marked by or using pantonality.
- pantries
-
noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- pronates
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- annalist
-
noun,
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- prolines
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- perlites
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- peroneal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Personae
-
noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- annattos
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- pretties
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- Anapolis
-
noun,
a city in central Brazil.
- petaline
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- petalite
-
noun,
a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, Li(AlSi 4 O 10), occurring in colorless or white foliated masses: an important source of lithium.
- Peterson
-
noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petiolar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petioles
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- alterant
-
noun,
something that produces alteration.
- pentosan
-
noun,
any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pentanes
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- also-ran
-
noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- antepast
-
noun,
a foretaste; appetizer.
- tolerant
-
adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- tolerate
-
verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- pearlite
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- tonalist
-
noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- antirent
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- antipole
-
noun,
the opposite pole.
- psoralen
-
noun,
a toxic substance, C 11 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- antelope
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- annotate
-
verb (used with object),
to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes:
- anteater
-
noun,
any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
- pelorias
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- anserine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- peltries
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- prostate
-
noun,
prostate gland.
- tontines
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- 11-point
-
- penitent
-
noun,
a penitent person.
- transept
-
noun,
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- petronel
-
noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- apastron
-
noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- polentas
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- polestar
-
noun,
Polaris.
- triplane
-
- aerostat
-
noun,
any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.
- aerolite
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- plantain
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Musa paradisiaca, of the banana family, resembling the banana.
- planters
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- triptane
-
noun,
a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- plastron
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- platinas
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- plaister
-
noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- platino-
-
- Pleasant
-
adjective,
pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:
- plenties
-
noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- Pointers
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- tropines
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- trotline
-
noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Aesopian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables:
- triolets
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- petrosal
-
adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- pilaster
-
noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- prenatal
-
adjective,
previous to birth or to giving birth:
- prelates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- pianette
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- prattles
-
noun,
the act of prattling.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- alienors
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- alienate
-
verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- pralines
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- ailerons
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- potlines
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- alanines
-
noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- pintanos
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- pioneers
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- airplane
-
noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- portents
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- patterns
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- personal
-
noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- apatites
-
noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluorophosphate, Ca 5 FP 3 O 12 , occurring in individual crystals and in masses and varying in color, formerly used in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers.
- parental
-
noun,
Informal. one's parent (often preceded by the):
- araneose
-
adjective,
arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- patients
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- partials
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- rat-tail
-
noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- partisan
-
noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- partitas
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- Paterson
-
noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- paternal
-
adjective,
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
- paraison
-
noun,
parison.
- toenails
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- patentor
-
noun,
a person or official agency that grants patents.
- pastoral
-
noun,
a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic.
- parietal
-
noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- partlets
-
noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- parolees
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- apostate
-
noun,
a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.
- parasite
-
noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- rational
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- Tirolese
-
adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- tinstone
-
noun,
cassiterite.
- aperient
-
noun,
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
- patinate
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or encrust with a patina.
- Tirolean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- ariettas
-
noun,
a short aria.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- pinners
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- pinnate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis:
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- Spiraea
-
noun,
spirea.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- pinenes
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- parolee
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- spleno-
-
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- spittle
-
noun,
saliva; spit.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- slotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- pintano
-
noun,
sergeant major (def 3).
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- Spelter
-
noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- spinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- palaeo-
-
- paisano
-
noun,
paisan.
- letters
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- praline
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- leprose
-
adjective,
leprous.
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- pottles
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- spanner
-
noun,
a person or thing that spans.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- snap-on
-
adjective,
attached or fitting into place by means of a snap or with a pressing motion:
- paroles
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- palato-
-
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- pinatas
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- Lenapes
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- spatial
-
adjective,
of or relating to space.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- Pontine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- spoiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- polenta
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- Plantin
-
noun,
Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- stereo-
-
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- parasol
-
noun,
a lightweight umbrella used, especially by women, as a sunshade.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Platina
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- plotter
-
noun,
a person or thing that plots.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- pannier
-
noun,
a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Platter
-
noun,
a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- Polaris
-
noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- pannose
-
adjective,
having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- laparo-
-
- pontils
-
noun,
punty.
- planate
-
adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- Pontian
-
noun,
pope a.d. 230–235.
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- partans
-
noun,
a crab.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- rattans
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- paletot
-
noun,
any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- steato-
-
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- stearo-
-
- 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.
- plantar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- Plantae
-
noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- planner
-
noun,
a person who plans.
- parians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- palette
-
noun,
a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- planers
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- Stanton
-
noun,
Edwin McMasters [muh k-mas-terz,, -mah-sterz] /məkˈmæs tərz,, -ˈmɑ stərz/ (Show IPA), 1814–69, U.S. statesman: Secretary of War 1862–67.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- peltate
-
adjective,
having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- patient
-
noun,
a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- patents
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- pension
-
noun,
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.:
- pensile
-
adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- pennate
-
adjective,
winged; feathered.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saponin
-
noun,
any of a group of amorphous glycosides of terpenes and steroids, occurring in many plants, characterized by an ability to form emulsions and to foam in aqueous solutions, and used as detergents.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- pentane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- reptile
-
noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- Opaline
-
adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- pattern
-
noun,
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- pattens
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- patrial
-
noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- patinas
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Pearson
-
noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- reposal
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- reptant
-
adjective,
repent2 .
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- peasant
-
noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Nielsen
-
noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- prattle
-
noun,
the act of prattling.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- petrol.
-
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- septate
-
adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- partial
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- petiole
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- settlor
-
noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- partita
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- litotes
-
noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- Pianola
-
noun,
(lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- pettles
-
verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- nettles
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- pronate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- proline
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- Neilson
-
noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- partons
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- satiate
-
adjective,
satiated.
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pastina
-
noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- Sennett
-
noun,
Mack (Michael Sinnott) 1884–1960, U.S. motion-picture director and producer, born in Canada.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- natator
-
noun,
a swimmer.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- repines
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- persona
-
noun,
a person.
- Partlet
-
noun,
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- seleno-
-
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Seattle
-
noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- aristo-
-
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- Antonia
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Antonius.
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- taipans
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- elepaio
-
noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- transp.
-
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- transl.
-
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- alanine
-
noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- arseno-
-
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- ensnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- Astolat
-
noun,
a place in the Arthurian romances, possibly in Surrey, England.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Astarte
-
noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tin-pan
-
adjective,
harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.
- espanol
-
noun,
the Spanish language.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Tarpeia
-
noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- tortile
-
adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- anopias
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- tontine
-
noun,
an annuity scheme in which subscribers share a common fund with the benefit of survivorship, the survivors' shares being increased as the subscribers die, until the whole goes to the last survivor.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- tannate
-
noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- 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.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- Annatol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- annatto
-
noun,
Also called lipstick tree. a small tree, Bixa orellana, of tropical America.
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- anneals
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- arnatto
-
noun,
annatto (def 2).
- tarpans
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- antero-
-
- enplane
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to board or put on board an airplane:
- altoist
-
noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- tonlets
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- anapest
-
noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Ansonia
-
noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- Elpenor
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- talipot
-
noun,
a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- anattos
-
noun,
annatto.
- Trenton
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of New Jersey, in the W part, on the Delaware River: Washington defeated Hessian troops here 1776.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- tenpins
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- apteral
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- astrol.
-
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- stratal
-
adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- strati-
-
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- strato-
-
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Aeolian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- Telstar
-
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- aeonian
-
adjective,
eternal; everlasting.
- entitle
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- Stilton
-
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aporias
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- triplet
-
noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- attains
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- earlaps
-
noun,
earflap.
- teleost
-
noun,
Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- entero-
-
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- Tarlton
-
noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- 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.
- sterno-
-
- intens.
-
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- apatite
-
noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluorophosphate, Ca 5 FP 3 O 12 , occurring in individual crystals and in masses and varying in color, formerly used in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- trestle
-
noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- intents
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Taranto
-
noun,
Ancient Tarentum. a fortified seaport in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: founded by the Greeks in the 8th century b.c.; naval base.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- triolet
-
noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- instant
-
noun,
an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment:
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- elaenia
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- arsen-
-
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- 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.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- panto-
-
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Panoan
-
noun,
a family of South American Indian languages spoken in Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- pannes
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- inter.
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- 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.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- astron
-
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- tennis
-
noun,
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- terat-
-
- paleon
-
- 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.
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- tetra-
-
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- paleo-
-
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- 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):
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- pinnas
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- pinons
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- 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.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- petro-
-
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- pettle
-
verb (used with object),
to fondle; pet.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pottle
-
noun,
a former liquid measure equal to two quarts.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plasia
-
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Platte
-
noun,
a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pleio-
-
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- polit.
-
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- 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.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- plani-
-
- aeron.
-
- plano-
-
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- patri-
-
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Patten
-
noun,
any of various kinds of footwear, as a wooden shoe, a shoe with a wooden sole, a chopine, etc., to protect the feet from mud or wetness.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- pattle
-
noun,
paddle1 (def 11).
- Patton
-
noun,
Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- ptero-
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- aporia
-
noun,
Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- patent
-
noun,
the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- 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.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anatto
-
noun,
annatto.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- 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.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trans.
-
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- anopia
-
noun,
absence of sight, especially when due to a structural defect in or absence of an eye.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- pennis
-
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- penta-
-
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- annals
-
noun,
a record of events, especially a yearly record, usually in chronological order.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Peraea
-
noun,
a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
- aniso-
-
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sienna
-
noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- splen-
-
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- 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:
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- 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;
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- enter-
-
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- septi-
-
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- sonnet
-
noun,
Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- sonant
-
noun,
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- tapeta
-
noun,
Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Tanoan
-
noun,
an American Indian language family of which the three surviving languages are spoken in several pueblos, including Taos, in northern New Mexico near the Rio Grande.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- lepto-
-
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- spiro-
-
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- 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.
- 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.
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Sapota
-
noun,
sapote.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- sapro-
-
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- inspan
-
verb (used with object),
to yoke or harness.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intro.
-
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- nitro-
-
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- 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.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- teleo-
-
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- steno-
-
- intra-
-
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Nepean
-
noun,
a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- 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.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tarso-
-
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- instr.
-
- selen-
-
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- nation
-
noun,
a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- iatro-
-
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- 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.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- 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.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- pret.
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- toti-
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stat.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- spor-
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Port.
-
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Pres.
-
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- step-
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- ster.
-
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- treas
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- prae-
-
- 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.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- 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.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tears
-
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- rept.
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- teno-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tenn.
-
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tera-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- 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.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- tele-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- sanit
-
- resp.
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- telo-
-
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Prot.
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- tonia
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- poet.
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- 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.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- pron.
-
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- span-
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- pros.
-
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Sino-
-
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- 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.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sero-
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sito-
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- atto-
-
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- ation
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nona-
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- areo-
-
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pale-
-
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- ASEAN
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- OPers
-
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Arnel
-
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- lipo-
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- 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.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nears
-
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- ileo-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- IATSE
-
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- 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 .
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- insep
-
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- nano-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ital.
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- nanas
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- intr.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- naso-
-
- inst.
-
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- insp.
-
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- anis-
-
- 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.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Pinna
-
noun,
Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- anat.
-
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- anal.
-
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- annas
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- peta-
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- petri
-
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- petr-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- alto-
-
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Penn.
-
- Penna
-
noun,
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Alas.
-
- alti-
-
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- 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.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- aero-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- pleo-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- ante-
-
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- 30-30
-
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- panne
-
noun,
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.
- pant-
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- Parl.
-
- plio-
-
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- para-
-
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- plat.
-
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- aeri-
-
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- anon.
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- plan-
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plast
-
- patr-
-
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- AAEE
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- int.
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- intl
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tron
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Lani
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- aer-
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ala.
-
- Soni
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- Alis
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lat.
-
- tRNA
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Ste.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- iso-
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- trit
-
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- itol
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sra.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- AARP
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- tri-
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- aet.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Ire.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Aire
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- att.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- ter.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- ANPA
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- 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.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ANSI
-
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- tonn
-
- ant.
-
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- attn
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- ano-
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Tit.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSA
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- 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.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Apr.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tion
-
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- art.
-
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- inae
-
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- alt.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- apo-
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- ile-
-
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tel-
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ELAS
-
- ann.
-
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- epit
-
- Anas
-
- epi-
-
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Ens.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- soln
-
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NOAA
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Nor.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- non-
-
- pat.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- prs.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- 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.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Pen.
-
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- neo-
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- 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).
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- pts.
-
- 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.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- repl
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ole-
-
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- opia
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- rpt.
-
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- not-
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Pan.
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- par.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- rel.
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RONA
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Rep.
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- NTIA
-
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pal.
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Ont.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lip-
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pot.
-
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- 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.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- 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.
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- lin.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- prin
-
- Sol.
-
- pro-
-
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PERL
-
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 1080
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- pnea
-
- Pers
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sepn
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- 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.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- pil-
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pre-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- OTA
-
- ase
-
- AIA
-
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Tro
-
- ARS
-
- al.
-
- AAP
-
- trp
-
- OSP
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- AAE
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Ar.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- an.
-
- TIA
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ap-
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- PLR
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- TSP
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- PLO
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- OPA
-
- 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.
- ose
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- pli
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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:
- PRA
-
- PTT
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- PIO
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- 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.
- Re.
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PSA
-
- PSE
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ons
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- APS
-
- PLA
-
- tlr
-
- AEA
-
- tlo
-
- ae.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- PTO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Aar
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- 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.
- TNT
-
- Apl
-
- 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.
- POR
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- AOA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- aor
-
- REA
-
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- OSA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ior
-
- ine
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- STL
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NEA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ne-
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- STI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IOT
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- 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.
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- IRS
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- in.
-
- ISA
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- TAL
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ONR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- io-
-
- STP
-
- Ia.
-
- se-
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ESR
-
- SLP
-
- LON
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLA
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SLE
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SLR
-
- lep
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Les
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- POA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NAA
-
- La.
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- 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).
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LSI
-
- Lt.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- SPR
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- SAR
-
- TTS
-
- ESL
-
- OAP
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- OAS
-
- ROP
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- EIS
-
- 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.
- ese
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- ROA
-
- ean
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- at.
-
- ONI
-
- ASI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- EAA
-
- ATA
-
- OIr
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RNA
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- op.
-
- EPA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- NNE
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- NNP
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Ep.
-
- Sp.
-
- RPO
-
- NOP
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SAA
-
- SRO
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Rs.
-
- ERT
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- RSA
-
- en-
-
- RSE
-
- ene
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- RTS
-
- ERP
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- So.
-
- ln
-
- TT
-
- t.
-
- SN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ol
-
- RN
-
- AO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- le
-
- NL
-
- 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.
- T1
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- i.
-
- RP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- IP
-
- TN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TL
-
- S.
-
- O.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- NP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NI
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ee
-
- LR
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RO
-
- L2
-
- TP
-
- L1
-
- N.
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OA
-
- R.
-