Anagrams of pretension
Word pretension has
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that can be made by using the letters of pretension.
- 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.
- nine-spot
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noun,
a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- pensioner
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noun,
a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- entropies
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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.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- spinneret
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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.
- 11-point
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- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- isoprene
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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.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- ternions
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- tonners
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- tension
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noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- interns
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intens.
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- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- intense
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adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- tinners
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- tenners
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- intones
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- introns
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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.
- peonies
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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.
- Teniers
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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.
- openers
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- pension
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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.:
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- spinner
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noun,
a person or thing that spins.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriente
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noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- pinenes
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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.
- pinners
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- Pontine
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adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- Serpent
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noun,
a snake.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Pioneer
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- stereo-
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- sterno-
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- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- estrone
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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.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Tonnies
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noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- tenpins
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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.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- repents
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adjective,
creeping.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- rennets
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- reopens
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- entero-
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- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sennet
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noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- Piston
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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.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Noreen
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noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Tenner
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- serine
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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;
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Nernst
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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.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enters
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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:
- nonets
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noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- sennit
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noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitons
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noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nitro-
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- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- septi-
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- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- steno-
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- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- petro-
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- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- Petrie
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noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Spener
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noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sonnet
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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.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- soiree
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- Pennie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- pennis
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- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- tripos
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noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- enter-
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- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- pinons
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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.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pinner
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noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinene
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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.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- sinner
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noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- spiro-
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- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- tripes
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noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Nerine
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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.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Renton
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noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- ptero-
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- tinner
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- intron
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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.
- intro.
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- tonner
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noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- inter.
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- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instr.
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- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Rennes
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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.
- Esenin
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noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- intone
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verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- rennet
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- reopen
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- tenson
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noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- poteen
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Ronnie
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- tenpin
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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.
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- tenons
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noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- preens
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noun,
a pin or brooch.
- tonnes
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noun,
metric ton.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- tennis
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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.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Sinon
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noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- reset
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ropes
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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.
- peris
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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.
- renin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- prost
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interjection,
prosit.
- ronin
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noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- peres
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noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Prot.
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- Ronne
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noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- peri-
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- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
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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.
- rosin
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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.
- Siren
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- pert.
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- pesto
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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.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Peter
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noun,
penis.
- Perse
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noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- rotes
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sito-
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- resp.
-
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
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- Peron
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noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- petri
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- reni-
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- Siret
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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.
- siree
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noun,
sirree.
- prone
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noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pros.
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- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- 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.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- poet.
-
- Sept.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- post-
-
- 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.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- 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):
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Pres.
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Sino-
-
- seti-
-
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- rept.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Port.
-
- pron.
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- 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.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- sero-
-
- pret.
-
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- 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.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- intr.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- insep
-
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Tenn.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- 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.
- teno-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ento-
-
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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 .
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- 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:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- 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.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- nitr-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- OPers
-
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- 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.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 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.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- oste-
-
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- 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.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- 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.).
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Penn.
-
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- step-
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- pene-
-
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- 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.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- 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.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- rit.
-
- tron
-
- Soni
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tri-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Ste.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- sepn
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- top-
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tonn
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- str.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- rpt.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 1080
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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 = .
- per.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- esp.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pers
-
- 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.
- est.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- nos-
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- iso-
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Ire.
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- pts.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- 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).
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- pro-
-
- prs.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- pre-
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- pot.
-
- 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):
- 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.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- pos.
-
- ESR
-
- EEO
-
- eir
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- Tro
-
- ene
-
- ERP
-
- ine
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- eo-
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- in.
-
- ier
-
- io-
-
- ERT
-
- ETS
-
- NES
-
- ETR
-
- 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:
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- tr.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- IPS
-
- Tpr
-
- 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 = .
- 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.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ior
-
- 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.
- EPT
-
- IOT
-
- EPS
-
- IPO
-
- ese
-
- ipr
-
- TPN
-
- 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.
- EOE
-
- ETO
-
- Ep.
-
- Ir.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- IRO
-
- TPI
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- op.
-
- 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.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- 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:
- 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:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PIO
-
- Re.
-
- PTO
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- 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.
- RPO
-
- se-
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- PSE
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- POR
-
- 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.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- 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).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ROP
-
- RPS
-
- NPR
-
- OIt
-
- ROI
-
- OIr
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- STI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NOP
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- STP
-
- NNP
-
- NNE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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.
- OTS
-
- St.
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SPR
-
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Rs.
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- R.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RP
-
- IP
-
- t.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NP
-
- NI
-
- N.
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- S.
-
- TN
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- T1
-
- SN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TP
-
- i.
-