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- plutocracies
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noun,
the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- Telescopium
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noun,
the Telescope, a small southern constellation between Ara and Corona Austrinus.
- ceroplastic
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adjective,
pertaining to modeling in wax.
- cleistocarp
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noun,
cleistothecium.
- mesocratic
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adjective,
(of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- ectromelia
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
- complicate
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verb (used with object),
to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult:
- latecomers
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noun,
a person who arrives late:
- ericaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Ericaceae, the heath family of plants.
- imprecates
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- pulsometer
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noun,
a pulsimeter.
- psalterium
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noun,
the omasum.
- cacomistle
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noun,
Also, cacomixle [kak-uh-mis-uh l, -mik-suh l] /ˈkæk əˌmɪs əl, -ˌmɪk səl/ (Show IPA). Also called bassarisk, ringtail, coon cat. a carnivorous animal, Bassariscus astutus, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., related to the raccoon but smaller, with a sharper snout and longer tail.
- Speculator
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noun,
a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- percolates
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noun,
a percolated liquid.
- time-lapse
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adjective,
done by means of time-lapse photography:
- replicates
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- sclerotium
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- space-time
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noun,
Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
- Cretaceous
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Geology. the Cretaceous Period or System.
- Ptolemaeus
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noun,
a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- pectoralis
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noun,
either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- clistocarp
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noun,
cleistocarp.
- spermaceti
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noun,
a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- circle-out
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noun,
iris-out.
- petroleums
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noun,
an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
- telescopic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- circulates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.; disseminate; distribute:
- meliaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- meliorates
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verb (used with or without object),
ameliorate.
- periosteum
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noun,
the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- septarium
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- periclase
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noun,
a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- prosecute
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verb (used with object),
Law.
to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process.
to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- costumier
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noun,
costumer (def 1).
- coruscate
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verb (used without object),
to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.
- epistoler
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noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- ulcerates
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verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- percolate
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noun,
a percolated liquid.
- peristome
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noun,
Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- operatics
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- spermato-
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- corpuscle
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noun,
Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- peculiars
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noun,
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- copemates
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noun,
an antagonist; opponent.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- copesetic
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adjective,
copacetic.
- peccaries
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noun,
any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina) having a dark gray coat with a white collar.
- spiculate
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adjective,
having the form of a spicule.
- celeriacs
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noun,
a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, of the parsley family, having a large, edible, turniplike root.
- copremias
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noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- pectorals
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noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- peculates
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verb (used with or without object),
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
- copulates
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adjective,
connected; joined.
- Ptolemaic
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adjective,
of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- cauteries
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noun,
an escharotic substance, electric current, or hot iron used to destroy tissue.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- corelates
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verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- spermatic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- mousetrap
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noun,
a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mouse-ear
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noun,
any of various plants having small, hairy leaves, as the hawkweed, Hieracium pilosella, or the forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris.
- reticules
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- castoreum
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noun,
castor1 (def 1).
- Ptolemies
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noun,
(Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- Carmelite
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noun,
a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century; White Friar.
- price-cut
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verb (used with object),
to reduce the price of, especially to gain a competitive advantage.
- speculate
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verb (used without object),
to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- autoecism
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noun,
the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- elastomer
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noun,
an elastic substance occurring naturally, as natural rubber, or produced synthetically, as butyl rubber or neoprene.
- poultries
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noun,
domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- poultices
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noun,
a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- mesorecta
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noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- troupials
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noun,
any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- Mescalero
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noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- cruelties
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noun,
the state or quality of being cruel.
- ectoplasm
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noun,
Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.
Compare endoplasm.
- pistoleer
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noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- meliorate
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verb (used with or without object),
ameliorate.
- practices
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- sleepcoat
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noun,
a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- austemper
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verb (used with object),
to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- rolamites
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- McAlester
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noun,
a city in E Oklahoma.
- auriscope
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noun,
otoscope.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- cutleries
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noun,
cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- plectrums
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noun,
a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- Masoretic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- metascope
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noun,
a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- praelects
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- proclaims
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verb (used with object),
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner:
- piclorams
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noun,
a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- capsomere
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noun,
any of the protein subunits of a capsid.
- petroleum
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noun,
an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
- caprioles
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noun,
a caper or leap.
- spectacle
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noun,
anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind:
- copasetic
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adjective,
copacetic.
- temporals
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- creamcups
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noun,
a Californian plant, Platystemon californicus, of the poppy family, having narrow leaves and small, pale-yellow or cream-colored flowers.
- mislocate
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verb (used with object),
to misplace.
- miscreate
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adjective,
miscreated.
- camporees
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noun,
a small camp gathering of boy scouts or girl scouts, usually from a region or district (distinguished from jamboree).
- preatomic
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adjective,
of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- prelatism
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noun,
prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelacies
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- simulacre
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noun,
simulacrum.
- someplace
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adverb,
somewhere.
- precocial
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adjective,
(of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- electrums
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noun,
an amber-colored alloy of gold and silver used in ancient times.
- micaceous
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adjective,
consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- simulator
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noun,
a person or thing that simulates.
- electrics
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noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- leucemias
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noun,
leukemia.
- salometer
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noun,
salinometer.
- scolecite
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noun,
a monoclinic white zeolite mineral, a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 3 O 10⋅, 3H 2 O, occurring in masses and in needle-shaped crystals.
- pastorium
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noun,
a Baptist parsonage.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- aeropulse
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noun,
pulsejet engine.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- replicate
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- sporulate
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verb (used without object),
to produce spores.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- acusector
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noun,
a needle for cutting tissue by means of a high-frequency electric current.
- euplastic
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adjective,
capable of being transformed into organized tissue.
- parecious
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adjective,
paroicous.
- circulate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.; disseminate; distribute:
- scopulate
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adjective,
broom-shaped; brushlike.
- saprolite
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noun,
soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- ice-cream
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noun,
a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
- completes
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adjective,
having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full:
- sclerotic
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adjective,
Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- accoutres
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verb (used with object),
accouter.
- accouters
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verb (used with object),
to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- imprecate
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verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- sceptical
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adjective,
skeptical.
- clear-cut
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noun,
a section of forest where all trees have been cut down for harvesting.
- impacters
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noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- osmeteria
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noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- imposture
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noun,
the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- relocates
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verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- scapolite
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noun,
any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- complects
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verb (used with object),
to interweave; intertwine.
- occultism
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noun,
belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- latecomer
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noun,
a person who arrives late:
- urceolate
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adjective,
shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.
- ceraceous
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adjective,
waxlike; waxy:
- compliers
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noun,
a person, group, etc., that complies.
- Patroclus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- Cerastium
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noun,
any of various low-growing plants of the genus Cerastium, having leaves covered with whitish or grayish down and small white flowers, and including mouse-ear chickweed and snow-in-summer.
- esoterica
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plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- celeriac
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noun,
a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, of the parsley family, having a large, edible, turniplike root.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- meteoric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- calorics
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noun,
heat.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- computer
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noun,
a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers.
Compare analog computer, digital computer.
- scleroma
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noun,
a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- coal-pit
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noun,
a pit where coal is dug.
- meticals
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noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- calipees
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- mesolite
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noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- coalesce
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verb (used with object),
to cause to unite in one body or mass.
- mesocarp
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noun,
the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- calicoes
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noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- milepost
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noun,
any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- temperas
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noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- outsleep
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verb (used with object),
to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- ceramist
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noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- outpaces
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- simulate
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adjective,
Archaic. simulated.
- ceramics
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noun,
(used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.
- camisole
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noun,
a short garment worn underneath a sheer bodice to conceal the underwear.
- pictures
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noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- outplace
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verb (used with object),
to provide outplacement for.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- clampers
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noun,
a clamp; pincer.
- outleaps
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- metrical
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adjective,
pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- celature
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noun,
the art of embossing metal.
- crimples
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verb (used with or without object),
to wrinkle.
- piecrust
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noun,
the crust or shell of a pie.
- calumets
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noun,
a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, especially in token of peace.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- calciums
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noun,
a silver-white divalent metal, occurring combined in limestone, chalk, gypsum, etc., occurring also in vertebrates and other animals, as a component of bone, skeletal mass, shell, etc., and as a necessary element in nerve conduction, heartbeat, muscle contraction, and many other physiological functions. Symbol: Ca; atomic weight: 40.08; atomic number: 20; specific gravity: 1.55 at 20°C.
- caltrops
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noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- saucepot
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noun,
a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- calcites
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- muriates
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noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- operatic
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noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- clotures
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- cuprites
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noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- aureoles
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noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- curacies
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noun,
the office or position of a curate.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- atropism
-
noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- pleasure
-
noun,
the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plectrum
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noun,
a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- scapulo-
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- tiresome
-
adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- Clematis
-
noun,
any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- cruciate
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adjective,
shaped like a cross; cross-shaped.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- camporee
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noun,
a small camp gathering of boy scouts or girl scouts, usually from a region or district (distinguished from jamboree).
- sclerema
-
noun,
sclerosis, or hardening, especially of the skin.
- crumpets
-
noun,
a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted.
- computes
-
noun,
computation:
- crumples
-
noun,
an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
- meropias
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- Roumelia
-
noun,
Rumelia.
- pearlite
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- P-Celtic
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noun,
the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound became a p -sound. Welsh, Breton, Cornish, and Gaulish belong to P-Celtic.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- opalesce
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verb (used without object),
to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- treacles
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- copemate
-
noun,
an antagonist; opponent.
- rosulate
-
adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- muralist
-
noun,
an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- autecism
-
noun,
autoecism.
- muscatel
-
noun,
a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- claimers
-
noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- picotees
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- copremia
-
noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- cortical
-
adjective,
Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- casimere
-
noun,
cassimere.
- peculiar
-
noun,
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- particle
-
noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- comparts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- Pericles
-
noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- perilous
-
adjective,
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
- compares
-
noun,
comparison:
- compacts
-
noun,
a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
- parolees
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- complier
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., that complies.
- mortices
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- perlites
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- cosmetic
-
noun,
a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- permutes
-
verb (used with object),
to alter; change.
- costumer
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or rents costumes, as for theatrical productions.
- cetaceum
-
noun,
spermaceti.
- peculate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to steal or take dishonestly (money, especially public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
- Topelius
-
noun,
Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- compeers
-
noun,
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- perclose
-
noun,
parclose.
- carousel
-
noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- compleat
-
adjective,
highly skilled and accomplished in all aspects; complete; total:
- corelate
-
verb (used with object),
to correlate.
- complete
-
adjective,
having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full:
- complice
-
noun,
an accomplice or associate.
- pelorias
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- Seleucia
-
noun,
an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- semplice
-
adjective, adverb,
simple; straightforward.
- coracles
-
noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- complect
-
verb (used with object),
to interweave; intertwine.
- peltries
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- percales
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- compiles
-
verb (used with object),
to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- compiler
-
noun,
a person who compiles.
- Moultrie
-
noun,
William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- Peiraeus
-
noun,
Piraeus.
- competes
-
verb (used without object),
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
- copulate
-
adjective,
connected; joined.
- marplots
-
noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- comperes
-
noun,
a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- corselet
-
noun,
Also, corselette. a woman's lightweight foundation garment combining a brassiere and girdle in one piece.
- musicale
-
noun,
a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- moralist
-
noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- causerie
-
noun,
an informal talk or chat.
- octuples
-
noun,
Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
- capriole
-
noun,
a caper or leap.
- caprices
-
noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- tempuras
-
noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- muricate
-
adjective,
covered with short, sharp points.
- petrolic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or produced from petroleum.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- petrosal
-
adjective,
petrous; hard or stony.
- occupies
-
adjective,
(usually initial capital letter) of or relating to a protest about a social or political issue, as in Occupy movement; Occupy protest; Occupy candidate:
- misplace
-
verb (used with object),
to put in a wrong place.
- Capriote
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- Pactolus
-
noun,
a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- temporal
-
noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- coistrel
-
noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- capelets
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- pectoral
-
noun,
Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- picloram
-
noun,
a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- citreous
-
adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- cremates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- campsite
-
noun,
a place used or suitable for camping.
- occiputs
-
noun,
the back part of the head or skull.
- circlets
-
noun,
a small circle.
- Sculptor
-
noun,
a person who practices the art of sculpture.
- petioles
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- petalous
-
adjective,
having petals.
- complies
-
verb (used without object),
to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with):
- tiercels
-
noun,
tercel.
- Coulters
-
noun,
colter.
- septimal
-
adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- petiolar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- moperies
-
noun,
mopish behavior.
- couplers
-
noun,
a person or thing that couples or links together.
- Coliseum
-
noun,
Also, colosseum. an amphitheater, stadium, large theater, or other special building for public meetings, sporting events, exhibitions, etc.
- couplets
-
noun,
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
- Moluccas
-
plural noun,
a group of islands in Indonesia, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. About 30,000 sq. mi. (78,000 sq. km).
- comprise
-
Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- captures
-
noun,
the act of capturing.
- Serapeum
-
noun,
a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- captious
-
adjective,
apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
- moisture
-
noun,
condensed or diffused liquid, especially water:
- parclose
-
noun,
(in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- Capsicum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, as C. annuum, the common pepper of the garden, occurring in many varieties.
- curtails
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- melitose
-
noun,
raffinose.
- customer
-
noun,
a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
- ultraism
-
noun,
extremism.
- ulcerate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause an ulcer on or in:
- promisee
-
noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- surplice
-
noun,
a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- Epicaste
-
noun,
Jocasta.
- epicures
-
noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- leucomas
-
noun,
leukoma.
- protiums
-
noun,
the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- leucites
-
noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- suricate
-
noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- amputees
-
noun,
a person who has lost all or part of an arm, hand, leg, etc., by amputation.
- epitomes
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- leucemia
-
noun,
leukemia.
- reticule
-
noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- epsomite
-
noun,
the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
- Pulesati
-
plural noun,
the ancient Assyrian name of the Philistines.
- altruism
-
noun,
the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism).
- pulsator
-
noun,
something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- spiccato
-
adjective,
(of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- lempiras
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- specular
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- emulates
-
adjective,
Obsolete. emulous.
- Lemaitre
-
noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- prelects
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- electros
-
noun,
electrotype.
- precious
-
noun,
a dearly beloved person; darling.
- electrum
-
noun,
an amber-colored alloy of gold and silver used in ancient times.
- soralium
-
noun,
(in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- loricate
-
adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- prelates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- apterous
-
adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- apterium
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- soupmeat
-
noun,
beef used for making soup stock.
- premiate
-
verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- spectrum
-
noun,
Physics.
an array of entities, as light waves or particles, ordered in accordance with the magnitudes of a common physical property, as wavelength or mass: often the band of colors produced when sunlight is passed through a prism, comprising red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
this band or series of colors together with extensions at the ends that are not visible to the eye, but that can be studied by means of photography, heat effects, etc., and that are produced by the dispersion of radiant energy other than ordinary light rays. Compare band spectrum, electromagnetic spectrum, mass spectrum.
- emeritus
-
noun,
an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
- apomicts
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Primates
-
noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- spectral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- emplaces
-
verb (used with object),
to put in place or position:
- primulas
-
noun,
primrose (def 1).
- proclaim
-
verb (used with object),
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner:
- spectro-
-
- resolute
-
adjective,
firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion:
- almeries
-
noun,
ambry.
- electric
-
noun,
Railroads.
an electric locomotive.
Informal. a railroad operated by electricity.
- accoutre
-
verb (used with object),
accouter.
- lacteous
-
adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- acrostic
-
noun,
a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
- re-claim
-
verb (used with object),
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- reclames
-
noun,
publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- acoustic
-
noun,
Obsolete. a remedy for deafness or imperfect hearing.
- staumrel
-
noun,
a stupid person.
- accustom
-
verb (used with object),
to familiarize by custom or use; habituate:
- accretes
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- accouter
-
verb (used with object),
to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.
- eucrites
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- imposure
-
noun,
the act of imposing:
- impacter
-
noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- acceptor
-
noun,
accepter.
- accepter
-
noun,
a person or thing that accepts.
- relocate
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location:
- impearls
-
verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- importee
-
noun,
an imported person or thing.
- implores
-
verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- utricles
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- lamister
-
noun,
lamster.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- upstream
-
adverb,
toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- lectures
-
noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- escalope
-
noun,
scallop (def 5).
- escarole
-
noun,
a broad-leaved form of Cichorium endivia, used in salads.
Compare endive (def 1).
- Escorial
-
noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- racemose
-
adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- racemous
-
adjective,
racemose.
- spiracle
-
noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- Escurial
-
noun,
Escorial.
- spirelet
-
noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- espalier
-
noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- eucarpic
-
adjective,
(of a fungus) having only part of the thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- uralites
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- especial
-
adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- estampie
-
noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- ramulose
-
adjective,
having many small branches.
- Eteoclus
-
noun,
one of the Seven against Thebes.
- spoliate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- aerolite
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- replicas
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- replaces
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- electro-
-
- Americus
-
noun,
a city in SW central Georgia.
- cloister
-
noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- ectopias
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- posticum
-
noun,
epinaos.
- troupial
-
noun,
any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- solatium
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- eelpouts
-
noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- rolamite
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- Solarium
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- ectosarc
-
noun,
the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- Socratic
-
noun,
a follower of Socrates.
- ateliers
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- tropical
-
noun,
tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.
- Malecite
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- societal
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- polestar
-
noun,
Polaris.
- polemist
-
noun,
a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polemics
-
noun,
the art or practice of disputation or controversy:
- ecclesia
-
noun,
an assembly, especially the popular assembly of ancient Athens.
- cuticles
-
noun,
the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- polecats
-
noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- poultice
-
noun,
a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- Lucretia
-
noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Mariupol
-
noun,
a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- praelect
-
verb (used without object),
prelect.
- practice
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- curtail
-
noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- stumper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stumps.
- compart
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- Maurois
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- compare
-
noun,
comparison:
- compar.
-
- euclase
-
noun,
a rare green or blue mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, BeAlSiO 4 (OH), occurring in prismatic crystals.
- colmars
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- COMPACT
-
noun,
a small case containing a mirror, face powder, a puff, and sometimes rouge.
- malices
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- eucrite
-
noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- Maurist
-
noun,
a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- comices
-
- comical
-
adjective,
producing laughter; amusing; funny:
- compeer
-
noun,
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- Euratom
-
noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- comatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or blurred as a result of a coma.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- scruple
-
noun,
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- scrotum
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- Script.
-
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- colures
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- sporule
-
noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- musical
-
noun,
Also called musical comedy. a play or motion picture in which the story line is interspersed with or developed by songs, dances, and the like.
- smectic
-
adjective,
noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is in layers or planes.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- sulcate
-
adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- Spirula
-
noun,
any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- cultism
-
noun,
the practices and devotions of a cult.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- optical
-
noun,
opticals, optical effects.
- impers.
-
- Latimer
-
noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- compute
-
noun,
computation:
- measure
-
noun,
a unit or standard of measurement:
- culprit
-
noun,
a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.
- optimal
-
adjective,
optimum (def 3).
- spireme
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- mailers
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- occiput
-
noun,
the back part of the head or skull.
- compile
-
verb (used with object),
to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- lampers
-
noun,
lampas.
- compels
-
verb (used with object),
to force or drive, especially to a course of action:
- compere
-
noun,
a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- cuprite
-
noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- compete
-
verb (used without object),
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- smelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- cupolas
-
noun,
Architecture.
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- spoiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- curtals
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- martele
-
adjective,
martellato.
- suimate
-
noun,
self-mate.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Maurice
-
noun,
German Moritz. 1521–53, German general: elector of Saxony 1547–53.
- matures
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- curites
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- implore
-
verb (used with object),
to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat:
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- sclero-
-
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impulse
-
noun,
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- imputes
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- stipule
-
noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- teacups
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- ipecacs
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- Marcuse
-
noun,
Herbert, 1898–1979, U.S. political and social philosopher, born in Germany.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- impales
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- cuticle
-
noun,
the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- Sceptic
-
noun,
a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- timeous
-
adjective,
timely; sufficiently early.
- impacts
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- Marisol
-
noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- cutlers
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- omelets
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- stereo-
-
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- oculist
-
noun,
ophthalmologist.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- oculars
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- marcels
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- closeup
-
noun,
a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- scauper
-
noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- occults
-
noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- Eutopia
-
noun,
a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment.
- impetus
-
noun,
a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
- eutocia
-
noun,
normal childbirth.
- Eustace
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- spurtle
-
noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- coerces
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- icterus
-
noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- stearo-
-
- icecaps
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- curiosa
-
plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- impearl
-
verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- scopula
-
noun,
a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- oilcups
-
noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- Cocteau
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, French author and painter.
- opercle
-
noun,
an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- closure
-
noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- Iapetus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- coeliac
-
adjective,
celiac.
- octuple
-
noun,
Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
- electr-
-
- macules
-
noun,
mackle.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- empties
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- Molucca
-
plural noun,
a group of islands in Indonesia, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. About 30,000 sq. mi. (78,000 sq. km).
- Moliere
-
noun,
(Jean Baptiste Poquelin) 1622–73, French actor and playwright.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- emprise
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- Lumiere
-
noun,
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas [oh-gyst ma-ree lwee nee-kaw-lah] /oʊˈgüst maˈri lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lwee zhahn] /lwi ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA) 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
- couplet
-
noun,
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Tampico
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- emplace
-
verb (used with object),
to put in place or position:
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- empales
-
verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- limpets
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- couples
-
noun,
two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- eelpout
-
noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- morceau
-
noun,
piece; morsel.
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- morales
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- Coueism
-
noun,
a method of self-help stressing autosuggestion, popular especially in the U.S. c1920 and featuring the slogan “Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.”.
- coulees
-
noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- Coulter
-
noun,
colter.
- crucial
-
adjective,
involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical:
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- emulate
-
adjective,
Obsolete. emulous.
- coupler
-
noun,
a person or thing that couples or links together.
- lumpers
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- lipomas
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- epaulet
-
noun,
an ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms, chiefly by military officers.
- metical
-
noun,
a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- creoles
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- Miletus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- Soleure
-
noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- elepaio
-
noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- simular
-
noun,
a person or thing that simulates; pretender.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- elector
-
noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metopes
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- crimple
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wrinkle.
- Electra
-
noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Templar
-
noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- Tampere
-
noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- Elamite
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- tempura
-
noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- special
-
noun,
a special person or thing.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- misrule
-
noun,
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- eluates
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- miracle
-
noun,
an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- Spelter
-
noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- Leuctra
-
noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- Muscari
-
- lemures
-
plural noun,
the ghosts of the dead of a family, considered as troublesome unless exorcised or propitiated; larvae.
- superl.
-
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- eclipse
-
noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- copulas
-
noun,
something that connects or links together.
- lempira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- spicula
-
noun,
a spicule.
- supreme
-
noun,
suprême (def 3).
- sectile
-
adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- coracle
-
noun,
a small, round, or very broad boat made of wickerwork or interwoven laths covered with a waterproof layer of animal skin, canvas, tarred or oiled cloth, or the like: used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England.
- supremo
-
noun,
the person in charge; chief.
- leproma
-
noun,
the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprose
-
adjective,
leprous.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Ecclus.
-
- secular
-
noun,
a layperson.
- Sumpter
-
noun,
a packhorse or mule.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- muriate
-
noun,
(not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- metopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- leisure
-
noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- Melrose
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- spicule
-
noun,
a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- muletas
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- melters
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- leprous
-
adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- costume
-
noun,
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
- ectopic
-
adjective,
occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- episome
-
noun,
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- leucoma
-
noun,
leukoma.
- morulas
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- epimers
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- leucite
-
noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- crumple
-
noun,
an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- epicure
-
noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- Morelia
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- crumpet
-
noun,
a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- spermo-
-
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- spermic
-
adjective,
spermatic.
- cormels
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- Meropes
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- soilure
-
noun,
a stain.
- marplot
-
noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- merlots
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Corsica
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean, SE of and forming a department of France. 3367 sq. mi. (8720 sq. km). Capital: Ajaccio.
- epitome
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- lecture
-
noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- Scarlet
-
noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- plicate
-
adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- pleuro-
-
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- atriums
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- aureole
-
noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- plasmo-
-
- auspice
-
noun,
Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship:
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- Austro-
-
- placers
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- piteous
-
adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- Piraeus
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- caesium
-
noun,
cesium.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- pouters
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- potamic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rivers.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- posture
-
noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- pomaces
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- troupes
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- ascetic
-
noun,
a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- plumate
-
adjective,
resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- polemic
-
noun,
a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- polecat
-
noun,
a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- Polaris
-
noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- plumose
-
adjective,
having feathers or plumes; feathered.
- astrol.
-
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- plumcot
-
noun,
a hybrid tree produced by crossing the apricot and the plum.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- trample
-
noun,
the act of trampling.
- aristo-
-
- Capulet
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Juliet.
Compare Montague (def 1).
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- Capitol
-
noun,
the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
- caplets
-
- petrous
-
adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Caprice
-
noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- capsule
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.
- petrol.
-
- capture
-
noun,
the act of capturing.
- tourism
-
noun,
the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- rumples
-
noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- petiole
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- carious
-
adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- carouse
-
noun,
carousal.
- perusal
-
noun,
a reading:
- carpels
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- Rumelia
-
noun,
a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- capelet
-
noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- pileous
-
adjective,
hairy or furry.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- calcite
-
noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- calcium
-
noun,
a silver-white divalent metal, occurring combined in limestone, chalk, gypsum, etc., occurring also in vertebrates and other animals, as a component of bone, skeletal mass, shell, etc., and as a necessary element in nerve conduction, heartbeat, muscle contraction, and many other physiological functions. Symbol: Ca; atomic weight: 40.08; atomic number: 20; specific gravity: 1.55 at 20°C.
- calices
-
noun,
plural of calix.
- Pilatus
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- calicos
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- Calicut
-
noun,
former name of Kozhikode.
- calipee
-
noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- caliper
-
noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- caloric
-
noun,
heat.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- caltrop
-
noun,
any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- Calumet
-
noun,
a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, especially in token of peace.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Camelot
-
noun,
the legendary site of King Arthur's palace and court, possibly near Exeter, England.
- piculet
-
noun,
any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- picture
-
noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- camlets
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- campers
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- campout
-
noun,
a camping out of a group.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- piceous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- practic
-
adjective,
practical.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- permute
-
verb (used with object),
to alter; change.
- reptile
-
noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- replica
-
noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- reposal
-
noun,
the act of reposing.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- Aetolus
-
noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- uremias
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- repulse
-
noun,
the act of repelling.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- reputes
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- uracils
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- uptimes
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- racemic
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- uptears
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- rescale
-
verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- upstair
-
noun,
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
- upscale
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) elegant, elite, privileged persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- replace
-
verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- almuces
-
noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- repeals
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- utopism
-
noun,
utopianism.
- utopias
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- relumes
-
verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- relucts
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- relicts
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- accepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- accrete
-
adjective,
Botany. grown together.
- relapse
-
noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- accrues
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accuser
-
noun,
a person who accuses, especially in a court of law:
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- recusal
-
noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- recoups
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recluse
-
noun,
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- reclame
-
noun,
publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- reclaim
-
noun,
reclamation:
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- rimples
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- amulets
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- Primula
-
noun,
primrose (def 1).
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- tupelos
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- presume
-
verb (used with object),
to take for granted, assume, or suppose:
- apomict
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- presale
-
noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- turmoil
-
noun,
a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet:
- premise
-
noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- prelims
-
noun,
preliminary.
- prelim.
-
- prelect
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prelate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- precuts
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- arctics
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- Proclus
-
noun,
a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- prolate
-
adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- upraise
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift or elevate.
- ultimas
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- pumices
-
noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pumelos
-
noun,
pomelo.
- pulsate
-
verb (used without object),
to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- reticle
-
noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- puerile
-
adjective,
of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- pterous
-
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Protium
-
noun,
the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- amputee
-
noun,
a person who has lost all or part of an arm, hand, leg, etc., by amputation.
- Proteus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Ampelos
-
noun,
a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- ampules
-
noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- auricle
-
noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- catouse
-
noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- pelmets
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- peloria
-
noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- ceramic
-
noun,
ceramic material.
- Celesta
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- sautoir
-
noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- outpace
-
verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- clamper
-
noun,
a clamp; pincer.
- sampler
-
noun,
a person who samples.
- pelorus
-
noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- outleap
-
verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- clamors
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- Paestum
-
noun,
an ancient coastal city of Lucania, in S Italy: the extant ruins include three Greek temples and a Roman amphitheater.
- Clarice
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- ceriums
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- clasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- circlet
-
noun,
a small circle.
- claries
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- cerato-
-
- circles
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- pectous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- Saucier
-
noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- palmers
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Palouse
-
noun,
a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- Pasteur
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- saccule
-
noun,
Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Compare utricle (def 3).
- Pasture
-
noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- circum-
-
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- Palermo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
- cereous
-
adjective,
waxlike.
- caustic
-
noun,
a caustic substance.
- clastic
-
adjective,
Biology. breaking up into fragments or separate portions; dividing into parts.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- Paulist
-
noun,
a member of the “Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle,” a community of priests founded in New York in 1858.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- torulas
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- ciceros
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- toupees
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- clerics
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- claimer
-
noun,
a person who makes a claim; claimant.
- orectic
-
adjective,
of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- parulis
-
noun,
gumboil.
- climate
-
noun,
the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- carpous
-
- celtuce
-
noun,
a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina, having characteristics of both celery and lettuce, and eaten raw or cooked.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- paroles
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- parolee
-
noun,
a person who is released from prison on parole.
- topmaul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer with a steel or wooden head, used in shipbuilding.
- outsail
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- cerotic
-
adjective,
of or derived from cerotic acid.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- topical
-
noun,
Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- scaleup
-
noun,
an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion:
- scamper
-
noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- oscular
-
adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- parlous
-
adverb,
to a large extent; greatly.
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- cleomes
-
noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- occult
-
noun,
the supernatural or supernatural agencies and affairs considered as a whole (usually preceded by the).
- sperm-
-
- pumelo
-
noun,
pomelo.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- Samuel
-
noun,
a judge and prophet of Israel. I Sam. 1–3; 8–15.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- pulsar
-
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.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- ptero-
-
- Paiute
-
noun,
a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- occurs
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- oilcup
-
noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- leuco-
-
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- paleo-
-
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Lieut.
-
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locums
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- sculp.
-
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- sculpt
-
verb (used with or without object),
Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- souple
-
noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- mustee
-
noun,
the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; octoroon.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- loupes
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- occas.
-
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- Primus
-
noun,
Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- lipoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litmus
-
noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- lepto-
-
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- rectum
-
noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- rectos
-
- recti-
-
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- stacc.
-
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- lacto-
-
- ostium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- scato-
-
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- relume
-
verb (used with object),
to light or illuminate again; relumine.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- opiums
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- impure
-
adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- impute
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- scampi
-
noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- pumice
-
noun,
Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- sarco-
-
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- lemurs
-
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.
- resume
-
noun,
résumé.
- purism
-
noun,
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- purees
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- sapro-
-
- spiro-
-
- oleums
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- opacus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- omelet
-
noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- larums
-
noun,
alarum.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ramous
-
adjective,
ramose.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- Latium
-
noun,
a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- somat-
-
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- mucors
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- sacrum
-
noun,
a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
- sacro-
-
- metal.
-
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Peleus
-
noun,
a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- metro-
-
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- piculs
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- pelmet
-
noun,
a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- micro-
-
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- mucosa
-
noun,
mucous membrane.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- mulier
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- muleta
-
noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- pectic
-
adjective,
pertaining to pectin.
- pimola
-
noun,
an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- pilous
-
adjective,
pilose.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- mulcts
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- merous
-
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- pileum
-
noun,
the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- mescal
-
noun,
an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
- picro-
-
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- multi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- morula
-
noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- septum
-
noun,
a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- septi-
-
- rupees
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peruse
-
verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- petro-
-
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- rumple
-
noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- miscue
-
noun,
Sports. a failure to execute a play, stroke, or maneuver properly; an error.
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- mouser
-
noun,
an animal that catches mice:
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- moults
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luteo-
-
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- polit.
-
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- soccer
-
noun,
a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- pomace
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- macles
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- macro-
-
- macule
-
noun,
mackle.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- MAeroE
-
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- malice
-
noun,
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- parole
-
noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- parous
-
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- Lucite
-
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- Moreau
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- lumper
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- lupoma
-
noun,
any of the tubercles occurring in lupus vulgaris.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Mauser
-
noun,
Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- matri-
-
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Murcia
-
noun,
a city in SE Spain.
- murals
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- plasm-
-
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- Muriel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- McCrae
-
noun,
John, 1872–1918, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet.
- Slocum
-
noun,
Joshua, 1844–c1910, U.S. mariner, author, and lecturer, born in Nova Scotia.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- meatus
-
noun,
an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- meccas
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- Meerut
-
noun,
a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- masto-
-
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- muscle
-
noun,
a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Maputo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Mozambique, on Delagoa Bay.
- Marcel
-
noun,
a marcelling.
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- plumes
-
noun,
a feather.
- Marcus
-
noun,
Saint. Also, Mark. died a.d. 336, pope 336.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Musial
-
noun,
Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- Marius
-
noun,
Gaius, c155–86 b.c, Roman general and consul: opponent of Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- patri-
-
- mascle
-
noun,
a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Maseru
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Lesotho, in the NW part.
- Muscat
-
noun,
a variety of grape having a pronounced sweet aroma and flavor, used for making wine and raisins.
- pleura
-
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.
- pleur-
-
- pleio-
-
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- imper.
-
- Arctic
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the region lying north of the Arctic Circle or of the northernmost limit of tree growth; the polar area north of the timber line.
- copula
-
noun,
something that connects or links together.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- Coptic
-
noun,
an Afroasiatic language of Egypt descended from ancient Egyptian, largely extinct as a spoken language since the 16th century but surviving as the liturgical language of the Coptic Church.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Carmel
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- cesium
-
noun,
a rare, highly reactive, soft, metallic element of the alkali metal group, used chiefly in photoelectric cells. Symbol: Cs; atomic weight: 132.905; atomic number: 55; specific gravity: 1.9 at 20°C; melts at 28.5°C.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Tumaco
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Colombia.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- elect.
-
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- calci-
-
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- calces
-
noun,
a plural of calx.
- cerium
-
noun,
a steel-gray, ductile metallic element of the rare-earth group found only in combination. Symbol: Ce; atomic weight: 140.12; atomic number: 58.
- trumps
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- cercus
-
noun,
one of a pair of appendages at the rear of the abdomen of certain insects and other arthropods, serving as tactile organs.
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- compts
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- amulet
-
noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- Cicero
-
noun,
a Continental unit of measurement for type, equal to 12 Didot points, or 0.178 inches (4.5 mm), roughly comparable to a pica.
- turco-
-
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- empale
-
verb (used with object),
impale (defs 1–5).
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- compel
-
verb (used with object),
to force or drive, especially to a course of action:
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- ampule
-
noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- amours
-
noun,
a love affair.
- teleo-
-
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- tumors
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- copals
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- celoms
-
noun,
coelom.
- atrium
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- coucal
-
noun,
any of several Old World cuckoos of the genus Centropus, having harsh-textured plumage and a long, daggerlike hind claw.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- tauro-
-
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- tarso-
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- celto-
-
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- coulee
-
noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- cecils
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- autism
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a pervasive developmental disorder of children, characterized by impaired communication, excessive rigidity, and emotional detachment: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- austr-
-
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Cecile
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- celiac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- custom
-
noun,
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- couple
-
noun,
two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- astro-
-
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- caecum
-
noun,
cecum.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- ecoles
-
noun,
school1 .
- corpus
-
noun,
a large or complete collection of writings:
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- cerat-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Caelum
-
noun,
the Sculptor's Tool, or Chisel, a small southern constellation between Columba and Eridanus.
- cormel
-
noun,
a small new corm that is vegetatively propagated by a fully mature corm.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Temuco
-
noun,
a city in S Chile.
- corium
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- tampur
-
noun,
tambura.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Cactus
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- COSMIC
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cosmos:
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- cupro-
-
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- cupric
-
adjective,
of or containing copper, especially in the bivalent state, as cupric oxide, CuO.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- cupola
-
noun,
Architecture.
a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.
a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- cupels
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Eccles
-
noun,
Sir John Carew [kuh-roo] /kəˈru/ (Show IPA), 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- camlet
-
noun,
a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- stucco
-
noun,
an exterior finish for masonry or frame walls, usually composed of cement, sand, and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid on wet.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Struma
-
noun,
Pathology. goiter.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coacts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- carpic
-
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- aecium
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- carpo-
-
- iatro-
-
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- Timaru
-
noun,
a seaport on the E coast of South Island, in S New Zealand.
- coerce
-
verb (used with object),
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition:
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- circle
-
noun,
a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- caplet
-
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Crocus
-
noun,
any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- uremia
-
noun,
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- uremic
-
adjective,
pertaining to uremia.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Europa
-
noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- clumps
-
noun,
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- succor
-
noun,
help; relief; aid; assistance.
- accel.
-
- accuse
-
verb (used with object),
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of):
- cleric
-
noun,
a member of the clergy.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- clomps
-
verb (used without object),
clump (def 6).
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- accrue
-
verb (used without object),
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accost
-
noun,
a greeting.
- Accius
-
noun,
Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- accept
-
verb (used with object),
to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor:
- utero-
-
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- Utopia
-
noun,
an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- aceous
-
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- icecap
-
noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Timour
-
noun,
Tamerlane.
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Cleome
-
noun,
any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers.
- Actium
-
noun,
a promontory in NW ancient Greece: Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian and Agrippa in a naval battle near here in 31 b.c.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Temple
-
noun,
an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- acious
-
- acetum
-
noun,
a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
- aceto-
-
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- croups
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- supra-
-
- Umtali
-
noun,
former name of Mutare.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- campus
-
noun,
the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- super-
-
- Colmar
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Haut-Rhin, in NE France.
- Colima
-
noun,
a state in SW Mexico, on the Pacific Coast. 2010 sq. mi. (5205 sq. km).
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- crumps
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Ultima
-
noun,
the last syllable of a word.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- ultimo
-
adverb,
in or of the month preceding the current one:
Abbreviation: ult., ulto.
Compare instant (def 11), proximo.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- circus
-
noun,
a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
Compare big top.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- comals
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- ultra-
-
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- amicus
-
noun,
a philanthropist.
- Campos
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- AmerSp
-
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- colics
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- almuce
-
noun,
a furred hood or hooded cape with long ends hanging down in front, formerly worn by the clergy.
- claims
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- almous
-
noun,
alms.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- clamps
-
noun,
a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Crucis
-
noun,
genitive of Crux.
- clamor
-
noun,
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- upmost
-
adjective,
uppermost.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- uptime
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- cruces
-
noun,
a plural of crux.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- peri-
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- caus.
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- 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.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- pert.
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carp-
-
- Sacco
-
noun,
Nicola [nee-kaw-lah] /niˈkɔ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1927, Italian anarchist, in the U.S. after 1908: together with Bartolomeo Vanzetti, found guilty of robbery and murder 1921; executed 1927.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- cert.
-
- cecum
-
noun,
a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- clamp
-
noun,
a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- claim
-
noun,
a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
- sarc-
-
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- Cisco
-
noun,
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of eastern North America.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- pale-
-
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- clime
-
noun,
climate.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Clerc
-
noun,
Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- clase
-
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- oste-
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- patr-
-
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Pauli
-
noun,
Wolfgang [woo lf-gang;; German vawlf-gahng] /ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1945.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- celom
-
noun,
coelom.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- pari-
-
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- cero-
-
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- part.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- treas
-
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Amer.
-
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Prus.
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- AMORC
-
- Prot.
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- pros.
-
- alti-
-
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- Purim
-
noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- pumas
-
noun,
cougar.
- pulse
-
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.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- alto-
-
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- alum.
-
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- 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.
- pulas
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- pret.
-
- Apoc.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- prem.
-
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- amuse
-
verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner:
- proc.
-
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- tumps
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- prim.
-
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- purls
-
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).
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- acro-
-
- Urmia
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in NW Iran. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- Recit
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- recip
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- USECC
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Reaum
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reams
-
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)
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- acpt.
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 30-30
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- acct.
-
- accum
-
- accus
-
- USLTA
-
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- acet-
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rcpt.
-
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Alcor
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- rept.
-
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- resp.
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- aeri-
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- aero-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ramus
-
noun,
a branch, as of a plant, vein, bone, etc.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- areo-
-
- 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.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- calc-
-
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pilau
-
noun,
pilaf.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- calms
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- 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.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- pilum
-
noun,
a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- auto.
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- Piura
-
noun,
a city in N Peru.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- caco-
-
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Camel
-
noun,
either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World.
Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- petri
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- petr-
-
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- peta-
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- pico-
-
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Camus
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1913–60, French novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1957.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- Aust.
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Port.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- post-
-
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- asco-
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- 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.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- prae-
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- arium
-
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- trop-
-
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- pleo-
-
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- atmo-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- plast
-
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- pocul
-
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- poet.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- astr.
-
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- plur.
-
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- 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.
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- plio-
-
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Ecua.
-
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lumps
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- ecto-
-
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Lucca
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, W of Florence.
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- solum
-
noun,
the upper part of the soil profile, which is influenced by plant roots; the A horizon and the B horizon.
- elem.
-
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- macle
-
noun,
chiastolite.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- eccl.
-
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Macc.
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- ecol.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- locum
-
noun,
locum tenens.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- 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.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Cumae
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Italy, on the coast of Campania: believed to be the earliest Greek colony in Italy or in Sicily.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- culpa
-
noun,
Roman and Civil Law. negligence; neglect (distinguished from dolus):
- mauls
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Matsu
-
noun,
a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- matr-
-
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- culms
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- melic
-
adjective,
intended to be sung.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- tele-
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Melia
-
- Mecca
-
noun,
Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- mast-
-
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- maple
-
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.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Slump
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- malic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from apples.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- male-
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- tears
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Cusco
-
noun,
Cuzco.
- masc.
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- cusec
-
noun,
a unit of flow of one cubic foot per second.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- telo-
-
- Srta.
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- lact-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Ital.
-
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- spor-
-
- 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.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- Lamus
-
noun,
a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- 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.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- stump
-
noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- Euro-
-
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- IATSE
-
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- 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.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- ileo-
-
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- 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.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stome
-
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Icel.
-
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- step-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ster.
-
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- licet
-
- 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.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Epist
-
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- leuc-
-
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- 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.
- spec.
-
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- lipo-
-
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- emuls
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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 .
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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.
- Sumac
-
noun,
any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit.
- ESPEC
-
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Supt.
-
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- lemur
-
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.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Suomi
-
noun,
Finnish name of Finland.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- lect.
-
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- sect.
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- semi-
-
- MPers
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- corp.
-
- Corpl
-
- MOUSE
-
noun,
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- secco
-
noun,
fresco secco.
- mucic
-
adjective,
of or derived from mucic acid.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- muras
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Comr.
-
- Musca
-
noun,
the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Comus
-
noun,
an ancient Greek and Roman god of drinking and revelry.
- Mures
-
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.
- copal
-
noun,
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- muco-
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- mulct
-
noun,
a fine, especially for a misdemeanor.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- mucro
-
noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- mucor
-
noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- moues
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Mosul
-
noun,
a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
- Sept.
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- term.
-
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- cosec
-
noun,
cosecant.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- music
-
noun,
an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- clump
-
noun,
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- cocas
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- tious
-
- coele
-
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- clomp
-
verb (used without object),
clump (def 6).
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- scat-
-
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- opium
-
noun,
the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- OPers
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- coel-
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- comp.
-
- comal
-
noun,
a griddle made from sandstone or earthenware.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Colum
-
noun,
Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- 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.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Occam
-
noun,
William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- scrum
-
noun,
a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- comic
-
noun,
a comedian.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- OIcel
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Scot.
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- ocul-
-
- colat
-
- occur
-
verb (used without object),
to happen; take place; come to pass:
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octa-
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- miso-
-
- meso-
-
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- sito-
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Metol
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Croce
-
noun,
Benedetto [be-ne-det-taw] /ˌbɛ nɛˈdɛt tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1952, Italian statesman, philosopher, and historian.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crocs
-
noun,
crocodile.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- crit.
-
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- meta-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- misc.
-
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- metr-
-
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- mero-
-
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crump
-
noun,
a crunching sound.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- sero-
-
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Meuse
-
noun,
Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- Seric
-
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- crim.
-
- seti-
-
- temp.
-
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Saml
-
- Sat.
-
- scum
-
noun,
a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- 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.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- tri-
-
- scr.
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Sumo
-
noun,
a form of wrestling in Japan in which a contestant wins by forcing his opponent out of the ring or by causing him to touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet, contestants usually being men of great height and weight.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- USMC
-
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- USPO
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- USMA
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- USIA
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- 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.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Rep.
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- USTC
-
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- USRC
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- USCA
-
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- SRAM
-
- Sra.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- uria
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- uret
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- USAR
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- sci.
-
- uro-
-
- scil
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Ste.
-
- str.
-
- SLIC
-
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- saur
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- repl
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Rom.
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tues
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- rpt.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- 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.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- SMTP
-
- 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.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- ter.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Sol.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- sur-
-
- ulto
-
- 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.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- 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.
- supr
-
- top-
-
- Sam.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rus.
-
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- SPCA
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Tasm
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sem.
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SPCC
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- taur
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- sec.
-
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- itol
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ious
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- IMCO
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lea.
-
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Imp.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- eous
-
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EEOC
-
- ect-
-
- epit
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- ile-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ical
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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).
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- eco-
-
- meas
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- MEPA
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- 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.
- MCPO
-
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Maui
-
noun,
an island in central Hawaii. 728 sq. mi. (1886 sq. km).
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mes-
-
- Mar.
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- MIPS
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- 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.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- Mic.
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- MALS
-
- 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.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- Mac-
-
- 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.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- asc-
-
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arm.
-
- atm.
-
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- 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.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- ates
-
- apo-
-
- calm
-
noun,
freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cap.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cal.
-
- atic
-
- cac-
-
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Apr.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- aer-
-
- Alco
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acc.
-
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- amus
-
- 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.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amp.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- AMLS
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Alis
-
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- CPCU
-
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Cort
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Cor.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- coml
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- Com.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- crat
-
- Cres
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- 1080
-
- cur.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Culm
-
noun,
coal dust; slack.
- cule
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- croc
-
noun,
crocodile.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- cat.
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cir.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cit.
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- Cels
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CCls
-
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Col.
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- cml.
-
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clam
-
noun,
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clep
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clem
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clement.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clar
-
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- prs.
-
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- PSAT
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- psec
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pos.
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- pot.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- OEEC
-
- Oct.
-
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- 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).
- ole-
-
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- psia
-
- opia
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- pts.
-
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- pct.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- 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).
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- per.
-
- PERL
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Pers
-
- 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.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pet.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- 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.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Pal.
-
- par.
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- pam.
-
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- purs
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mus.
-
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- MOpt
-
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- mout
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- msec
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- MSEE
-
- MSCP
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- MSIE
-
- MSPE
-
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- muc-
-
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- 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.
- mult
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- RCMP
-
- rel.
-
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- OAPC
-
- RCT
-
- pl.
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- al.
-
- RCA
-
- Clo
-
- CTA
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- CSA
-
- CSC
-
- CLU
-
- CSO
-
- CST
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- CSR
-
- REA
-
- AEC
-
- CLR
-
- ae.
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ac-
-
- PMT
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- ROP
-
- Am.
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- PLR
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- PLO
-
- AIC
-
- pli
-
- ap-
-
- cle
-
- ACS
-
- PLC
-
- 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.
- cte
-
- CTC
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CLI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- CRS
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- rte
-
- RPO
-
- USP
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Rs.
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- UTC
-
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CPR
-
- RTS
-
- CPO
-
- CPM
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- USR
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CPL
-
- CPI
-
- AUC
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- RPM
-
- USO
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- CRT
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- CPA
-
- CRP
-
- USC
-
- CMA
-
- CMC
-
- 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.
- PIO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ar.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- uti
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CRC
-
- ACP
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CPU
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- CPS
-
- 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:
- CIM
-
- USM
-
- CIP
-
- AOU
-
- CIE
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- AMC
-
- AME
-
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- RMA
-
- ARU
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- trp
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- PUC
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- RCS
-
- up-
-
- ASU
-
- RPS
-
- PSE
-
- Tro
-
- UPC
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ast
-
- ASM
-
- ASR
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ALU
-
- UMT
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Re.
-
- RCP
-
- PSC
-
- APS
-
- UAE
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- AMU
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- 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.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Apl
-
- pus
-
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.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- 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.
- aor
-
- UAM
-
- UCC
-
- TSE
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- TSI
-
- ult
-
- TSP
-
- 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.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- Tu.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- UCR
-
- tue
-
- UIT
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- 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.
- AMS
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- UPI
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- CIC
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- CEC
-
- CEA
-
- CCU
-
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCR
-
- CCP
-
- CCA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MTO
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- POR
-
- ROA
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- POA
-
- CIA
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ure
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- CEO
-
- APC
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- ROI
-
- RMC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ca.
-
- PRC
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ALM
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- PSA
-
- ATC
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- at.
-
- cc.
-
- Co.
-
- ALC
-
- tra
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TPI
-
- ur-
-
- TPM
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- cp.
-
- PRA
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAI
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- ECM
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SCM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OIr
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- OIt
-
- Ola
-
- OCS
-
- LIM
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- OEM
-
- LMT
-
- lep
-
- OAS
-
- OTC
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- OAP
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OCR
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- OAU
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OCC
-
- SCP
-
- LOC
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- op.
-
- IUS
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ose
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- spt
-
- Lt.
-
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- Sr.
-
- ium
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- sc.
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- ite
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SPR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LCA
-
- OPA
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- OPM
-
- LCT
-
- LCM
-
- LCI
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- 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:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- OSA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ITA
-
- MEP
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- SLA
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- SLE
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MSA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- mi.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MOI
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- MIT
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- 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).
- 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.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- MOR
-
- MIE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- MSE
-
- MCR
-
- lpm
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- MSC
-
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Oc.
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- 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.
- se-
-
- MCP
-
- Mt.
-
- MCI
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- MSI
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MST
-
- MTI
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- SMA
-
- 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:
- Mao
-
- MUP
-
- 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.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ITC
-
- La.
-
- ist
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- EMU
-
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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- EMT
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- EPT
-
- EMR
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- TAL
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- EPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ESU
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- ESR
-
- 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:
- PTO
-
- ESL
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ese
-
- Esc
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ESA
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- PCI
-
- PCM
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- eo-
-
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EOM
-
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Cut
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noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
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- So.
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- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- cup
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noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PCS
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- EIS
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- eir
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- TAO
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noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- EEO
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- TAP
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noun,
a light but audible blow:
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEC
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- ECU
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noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- pee
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noun,
the letter p.
- MOC
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noun,
moccasin.
- ECA
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ec-
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- SAE
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- Pr.
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- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SAR
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- IOC
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- IOU
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- our
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IOT
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- Ios
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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.
- ior
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- STL
-
- STM
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- Sau
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noun,
German name of Sava.
- IPA
-
- ILS
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- ILP
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- ILO
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
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- ier
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- ICC
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- oui
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adverb, noun,
yes.
- STI
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- Pa.
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISR
-
- OTA
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ote
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- Isl
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- ise
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- ISA
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- IRS
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- IPM
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- IRO
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- IRL
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- OTS
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- IRC
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- Ir.
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- IPS
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- ipr
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- IPO
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- STP
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- imu
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noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- pc.
-
- ial
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- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- eu-
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- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- pm.
-
- ETS
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- ics
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- ETR
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- ITU
-
- io-
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- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IAS
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ETO
-
- L.
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- UC
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- TP
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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.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- TC
-
- U.
-
- CU
-
- CE
-
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- CM
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- ee
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TM
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AO
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- S.
-
- SA
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- LM
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- SU
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- SM
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- SL
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- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- LC
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- OA
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- le
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- RP
-
- RI
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- PU
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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.
- RC
-
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- MP
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- O.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- M.
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- LR
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- ic
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- i.
-
- TL
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- L1
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- L2
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- t.
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- RO
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- UI
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- ol
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- IP
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RU
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- R.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UL
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