Anagrams of presumably
Word presumably has
993 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of presumably.
- slumbery
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adjective,
slumberous.
- Amesbury
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noun,
a town in NE Massachusetts.
- plumbers
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noun,
a person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., both in and out of buildings.
- plumbery
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noun,
a plumber's workshop.
- lampreys
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noun,
any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood.
- barleys
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noun,
a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
- lumbars
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noun,
a lumbar vertebra, artery, or the like.
- ampules
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- parsley
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noun,
an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food.
Compare parsley family.
- lumpers
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- Seabury
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noun,
Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- plumber
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noun,
a person who installs and repairs piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with the water supply, drainage systems, etc., both in and out of buildings.
- rumbles
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noun,
a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound:
- perusal
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noun,
a reading:
- rumples
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- rambles
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noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- burleys
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noun,
an American tobacco with thin leaves and light color, grown especially in Kentucky and nearby regions, used mostly in cigarettes.
- superl.
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- marbles
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noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- slumber
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noun,
Sometimes, slumbers. sleep, especially light sleep.
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- parleys
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- Breslau
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noun,
German name of Wrocław.
- bumpers
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noun,
a person or thing that bumps.
- Lamprey
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noun,
any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood.
- upbears
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verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- lumbers
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noun,
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- burlaps
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noun,
a plain-woven, coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or the like; gunny.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- replays
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noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- barely
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adverb,
only just; scarcely; no more than; almost not:
- baryes
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noun,
microbar.
- plyers
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noun,
plier.
- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- Sambre
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- barley
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noun,
a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
- Maseru
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- pleur-
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- plasm-
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- Player
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noun,
a person or thing that plays.
- sample
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noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- Samuel
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noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- saurel
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- pearly
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adjective,
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
- labrum
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noun,
a lip or liplike part.
- layers
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noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- lay-up
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noun,
Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
- asylum
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noun,
(especially formerly) an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Asbury
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noun,
Francis, 1745–1816, English missionary: first bishop of the Methodist Church in America.
- Parley
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- Aubrey
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noun,
John, 1626–97, English antiquary.
- embry-
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- plumes
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noun,
a feather.
- replay
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noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- blears
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noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- blypes
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noun,
a thin skin or membrane, especially a small piece of skin.
- blueys
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noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- ramble
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noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- Ramsey
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noun,
Arthur Michael (Baron Ramsey of Canterbury) 1904–1988, English clergyman and scholar: archbishop of Canterbury 1961–74.
- Burley
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noun,
an American tobacco with thin leaves and light color, grown especially in Kentucky and nearby regions, used mostly in cigarettes.
- burlap
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noun,
a plain-woven, coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or the like; gunny.
- purely
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adverb,
in a pure manner; without admixture.
- repays
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verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- breams
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noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- bumper
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noun,
a person or thing that bumps.
- brules
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noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brumal
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adjective,
wintry.
- brumes
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noun,
mist; fog.
- re-lay
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verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- bleary
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adjective,
(of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- blares
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noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Rumsey
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noun,
James, 1743–92, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- belays
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noun,
Mountain Climbing. a rock, bush, or other object sturdy enough for a running rope to be passed around it to secure a hold.
- Presb.
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- smeary
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adjective,
showing smears; smeared.
- rumply
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adjective,
rumpled or tending to rumple:
- rumple
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- embars
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verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- rumbly
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adjective,
attended with, making, or causing a rumbling sound.
- rumble
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noun,
a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound:
- blames
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noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- rumbas
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noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- embays
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- bemaul
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verb (used with object),
to maul severely.
- beryls
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noun,
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.
- Puebla
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noun,
a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- Elbrus
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noun,
a mountain in the S Russian Federation, in the Caucasus range: the highest peak in Europe, 18,465 feet (5628 meters).
- pulsar
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noun,
Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- larums
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noun,
alarum.
- aumbry
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noun,
ambry.
- almery
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noun,
ambry.
- Ambler
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noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- maybes
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noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- Pablum
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noun,
(lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
- albums
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noun,
a bound or loose-leaf book consisting of blank pages, pockets, envelopes, etc., for storing or displaying photographs, stamps, or the like, or for collecting autographs.
a digital collection of photographs, stored on a computer or mobile device for viewing, displaying, or sharing.
- umbers
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noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- AmerSp
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- murals
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noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- suable
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adjective,
liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- measly
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adjective,
Informal.
contemptibly small, meager, or slight:
wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory:
- umbels
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noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- ambles
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noun,
an ambling gait.
- muleys
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noun,
any cow.
- umbras
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noun,
shade; shadow.
- ambers
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noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- Mabuse
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noun,
Jan [Flemish yahn] /Flemish yɑn/ (Show IPA), (Jan Gossaert or Gossart) 1478?–1533? Flemish painter.
- lumbar
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noun,
a lumbar vertebra, artery, or the like.
- subpar
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adjective,
below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par:
- lumber
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noun,
timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- surely
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adverb,
firmly; unerringly; without missing, slipping, etc.
- lumper
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noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- supra-
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- Albers
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noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- superb
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adjective,
admirably fine or excellent; extremely good:
- umbles
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plural noun,
numbles.
- super-
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- Marley
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noun,
Robert Nesta ("Bob") 1945–81, Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter: popularizer of Rastafarianism.
- Marble
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noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- Palmer
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- Mauser
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noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- usable
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adjective,
available or convenient for use:
- ampule
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- sperm-
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- marbly
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adjective,
like marble in appearance, hardness, coldness, etc.
- lemurs
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noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- upbear
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verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- publ.
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- Melas
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noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- realm
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noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- maple
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noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- marls
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noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Buyer
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noun,
a person who buys; purchaser.
- pulas
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noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pules
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verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pubes
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noun,
the lower part of the abdomen, especially the region between the right and left iliac regions.
- Prus.
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- psalm
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noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- Mabel
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noun,
a female given name.
- Melba
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noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- Elura
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noun,
Ellora.
- embay
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.
- Meryl
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noun,
a female given name, form of Merle.
- myel-
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- Mylar
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- reals
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noun,
real number.
- MPers
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- marse
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noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- embar
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verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- MASER
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noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- lures
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noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- eyras
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noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Maury
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noun,
Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- raspy
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adjective,
harsh; grating; rasping.
- Pusey
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noun,
Edward Bouverie [boo-vuh-ree] /ˈbu və ri/ (Show IPA), 1800–82, English clergyman.
- male-
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- Mears
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noun,
mere3 .
- burly
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adjective,
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy.
- burls
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noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- Burma
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noun,
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal. 261,789 sq. mi. (678,034 sq. km). Capital: Yangon.
- burps
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noun,
a belch; eructation.
- Bursa
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burse
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noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Mayer
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noun,
Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- Busra
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noun,
Basra.
- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- pursy
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adjective,
short-winded, especially from corpulence or fatness.
- mauls
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noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- ramus
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noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- Purse
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Early
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noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- 30-30
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- rapes
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noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- purls
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noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- bumps
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noun,
an act or instance of bumping; collision; blow.
- bumpy
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adjective,
of uneven surface; full of bumps:
- pumas
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noun,
cougar.
- mealy
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adjective,
having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly:
- Marys
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noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- pulse
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- maybe
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noun,
a possibility or uncertainty.
- palms
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noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Luray
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noun,
a town in N Virginia: site of Luray Caverns.
- pause
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noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- lames
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noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- parse
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Paley
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noun,
Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- Lesya
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noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- layer
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noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- pale-
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- peals
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noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Lepus
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noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- lyase
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noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- Peary
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noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- Pearl
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noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Reaum
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- payer
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noun,
a person who pays.
- Yumas
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noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- Pales
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noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- lepsy
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- yules
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noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- Parl.
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- LASER
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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.
- leaps
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noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- pares
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noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pareu
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noun,
lavalava.
- palmy
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adjective,
glorious, prosperous, or flourishing:
- larum
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noun,
alarum.
- Leary
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adjective,
leery1 .
- lemur
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noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- Lares
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- lears
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noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- parle
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- lapse
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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:
- Lamus
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noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- LeMay
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noun,
Curtis (Emerson) 1906–90, U.S. Air Force officer: chief of the Strategic Air Command 1948–61; Chief of Staff of the Air Force 1961–65.
- Pears
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noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Pemba
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noun,
an island near the E coast of equatorial Africa: formerly part of Zanzibar protectorate; now a part of Tanzania. 164,321; 380 sq. mi. (984 sq. km).
- Embla
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noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- prem.
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- plur.
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- prae-
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- prays
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verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- prams
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noun,
perambulator.
- prase
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- preys
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noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- emuls
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- Plume
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noun,
a feather.
- palsy
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- Pres.
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- presa
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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.
- lumpy
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adjective,
full of lumps:
- embus
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verb (used with or without object),
to get or put on a bus.
- lumps
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noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- plumy
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adjective,
having plumes or feathers.
- lumb-
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- perms
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noun,
permanent (def 4).
- muras
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noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Ypres
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noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- ylems
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noun,
the initial substance of the universe from which all matter is said to be derived.
- lyres
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noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Mures
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noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- yelps
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noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- pyres
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noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- yaups
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noun,
a harsh cry.
- lubra
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noun,
an Aborigine girl or woman.
- plays
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noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- mural
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noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- plebs
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- plyer
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noun,
plier.
- muley
-
noun,
any cow.
- lubes
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noun,
lubricant.
- eury-
-
- reaps
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reams
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noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- sepal
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Baume
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noun,
Antoine, 1728–1804, French chemist and inventor.
- Saber
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Aleus
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noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Basel
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- seral
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adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Basle
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noun,
Basel.
- Bauer
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noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- ample
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adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- album
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noun,
a bound or loose-leaf book consisting of blank pages, pockets, envelopes, etc., for storing or displaying photographs, stamps, or the like, or for collecting autographs.
a digital collection of photographs, stored on a computer or mobile device for viewing, displaying, or sharing.
- amply
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adverb,
in an ample manner; sufficiently or abundantly:
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- beamy
-
adjective,
emitting beams of or as of light; radiant.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- belay
-
noun,
Mountain Climbing. a rock, bush, or other object sturdy enough for a running rope to be passed around it to secure a hold.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- rumba
-
noun,
a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- Beryl
-
noun,
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- barmy
-
adjective,
containing or resembling barm; frothy.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- alums
-
noun,
Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- seamy
-
adjective,
unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable:
- sebum
-
noun,
the fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands.
- amyls
-
noun,
an amyl group.
- Selby
-
noun,
Hubert, Jr. 1928–2004, U.S. novelist.
- Amer.
-
- saury
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- ambry
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Bayle
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- alum.
-
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Sumba
-
noun,
one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia, S of Flores. 4306 sq. mi. (11,153 sq. km).
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- balmy
-
adjective,
mild and refreshing; soft; soothing:
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Barye
-
noun,
microbar.
- syrup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- amyl-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- BMarE
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- resp.
-
- Repub
-
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- abysm
-
noun,
an abyss.
- brays
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- Brale
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- blume
-
noun,
Judy, born 1938, U.S. novelist.
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- Slump
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Brule
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brume
-
noun,
mist; fog.
- slurb
-
noun,
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- 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.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- splay
-
noun,
Architecture. a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.
- byres
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- spray
-
noun,
water or other liquid broken up into minute droplets and blown, ejected into, or falling through the air.
- surly
-
adjective,
churlishly rude or bad-tempered:
Synonyms: sullen, uncivil, brusque, irascible, splenetic, choleric, cross; grumpy, grouchy, crabby.
- ruble
-
noun,
a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- Blaeu
-
noun,
Willem Janszoon [vil-uh m yahn-suh n,, -sohn] /ˈvɪl əm ˈyɑn sən,, -soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.
- umbel
-
noun,
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blues
-
noun,
the blues, (used with a plural verb) depressed spirits; despondency; melancholy:
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- umber
-
noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- umble
-
plural noun,
numbles.
- Bluey
-
noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Umbra
-
noun,
shade; shadow.
- blype
-
noun,
a thin skin or membrane, especially a small piece of skin.
- Abury
-
noun,
Avebury (def 2).
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- PAYE
-
- Sra.
-
- pays
-
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Pal.
-
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- paly
-
adjective,
pale.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- MusB
-
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- meas
-
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- MBPS
-
- MEPA
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- USAR
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- USMA
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- mus.
-
- Sumy
-
noun,
a city in NE Ukraine, NW of Kharkov.
- SRAM
-
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- SRBM
-
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- sub-
-
- MSPE
-
- MSBA
-
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- MSAE
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- supr
-
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- sur-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- spay
-
noun,
a three-year-old male red deer.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- pam.
-
- prs.
-
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- pub.
-
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Ruby
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pre-
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- Sab.
-
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- purs
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sam.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- sym.
-
- 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.
- Syr.
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- SLBM
-
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- slub
-
noun,
the fibers produced by slubbing.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- par.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Sem.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Saml
-
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- play
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pyr-
-
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- saur
-
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- pyas
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pers
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 1080
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- buys
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- bul.
-
- bump
-
noun,
an act or instance of bumping; collision; blow.
- 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.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Apr.
-
- Bur.
-
- 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.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- amus
-
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Bury
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- Burl
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ylem
-
noun,
the initial substance of the universe from which all matter is said to be derived.
- yrs.
-
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Lab.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- Lam.
-
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- BSME
-
- bar.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- BSPA
-
- BSPE
-
- AMLS
-
- amp.
-
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- Yuma
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- Yule
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- yaup
-
noun,
a harsh cry.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- ASME
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Emp.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- 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.
- aur-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Aus.
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- 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.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- 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.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- yaps
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- bus.
-
- yams
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- Arm.
-
- Yalu
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- busy
-
adjective,
actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime:
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Eur.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- bal.
-
- Bays
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- esp.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- BSLM
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- ably
-
adverb,
in an able manner; with skill or ability; competently.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- ABLS
-
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abr.
-
- BSEP
-
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- abs-
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Baum
-
noun,
L(yman) Frank [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- Luba
-
noun,
a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- beys
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- Mays
-
noun,
Willie (Howard) born 1931, U.S. baseball player.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- byre
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- MALS
-
- mal-
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- blur
-
noun,
a smudge or smear that obscures:
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- Bely
-
noun,
Andrei [uhn-dryey] /ʌnˈdryeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev) 1880–1934, Russian writer.
- Blum
-
noun,
Léon [lee-on;; French ley-awn] /ˈli ɒn;; French leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1872–1950, French statesman, journalist, and Socialist Party leader: premier of France 1936–37, 1938, 1946–47.
- aer-
-
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- ALBM
-
- Bray
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- BSAE
-
- BSEM
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Alb.
-
- BMus
-
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- lys-
-
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Baul
-
noun,
a member of a nonconformist Bengalese sect having gurus but no dogmas, rituals, religious institutions, or scriptures.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- LRBM
-
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Sp.
-
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- by-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- SAE
-
- Br.
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- bp.
-
- sb.
-
- SBA
-
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- BEP
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- bl.
-
- UAE
-
- Abp
-
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UAM
-
- USA
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- UAR
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ays
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ALM
-
- ABM
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- USP
-
- USM
-
- Am.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USB
-
- ap-
-
- ab-
-
- al.
-
- up-
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- ure
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ur-
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- aby
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- BEM
-
- SLA
-
- ARS
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- SLE
-
- ARU
-
- asb
-
- ase
-
- ASM
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- SLR
-
- ASR
-
- Syl
-
- ASU
-
- 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).
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- 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.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- be-
-
- SLP
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ALU
-
- SPR
-
- Amb
-
- AME
-
- SRB
-
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- Sr.
-
- AMS
-
- AMU
-
- APB
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- 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.
- Apl
-
- APS
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- SMB
-
- SMA
-
- 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.
- BLA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ble
-
- PBS
-
- yer
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yum
-
interjection,
yum-yum.
- Yup
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- La.
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- py-
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- ESL
-
- PRA
-
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- eu-
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- PLR
-
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- Bly
-
noun,
Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PLA
-
- 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.
- pl.
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Pym
-
noun,
John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- lep
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MBE
-
- my-
-
- Me.
-
- MSL
-
- MPE
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MEP
-
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MPA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lpm
-
- Les
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- Pa.
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- MRA
-
- LSM
-
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- MUP
-
- lub
-
- MSE
-
- MSA
-
- MRP
-
- MRE
-
- ESA
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ERP
-
- buy
-
noun,
an act or instance of buying.
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- BSE
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- BSM
-
- BSP
-
- bu.
-
- REA
-
- BRM
-
- ery
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- RPS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- BRE
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- BLS
-
- BLM
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- BME
-
- BMR
-
- BMS
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- BPA
-
- BPE
-
- BPS
-
- Re.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- USR
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPS
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- EPA
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- Ep.
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- EMU
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noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
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- Pry
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noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PSA
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PSE
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- ELM
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noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Ely
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noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- EBS
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- Pul
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- ear
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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.
- ea.
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- EAM
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- pus
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noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- YB
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- le
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- MB
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- ry
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- L.
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- MP
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- sy
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noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- M.
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RP
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- Y.
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
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- L2
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- RU
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- A.
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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.
- R.
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- PU
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- yl
-
- ly
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- UB
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- BM
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- Eb
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PB
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- yr
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- U.
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- P.
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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.
- LM
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- ey
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- LR
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- YU
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noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- UL
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- B-
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- SM
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- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- SU
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