Anagrams of procumbent
Word procumbent has
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- T-number
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noun,
one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- no-trump
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noun,
the declaration to play a no-trump contract.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- contemp.
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- 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.
- counter-
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- compute
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noun,
computation:
- pneumo-
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- crumpet
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noun,
a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- bouncer
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noun,
a person or thing that bounces.
- neutro-
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- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- Courbet
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noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- remount
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noun,
a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- centrum
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noun,
a center.
- Umberto
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noun,
Humbert I.
- centro-
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- recount
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- mounter
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noun,
a person or thing that mounts.
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- bumper
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noun,
a person or thing that bumps.
- Burton
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- contr.
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- Burnet
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- comber
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noun,
a person or thing that combs.
- cobnut
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noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- centum
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noun,
one hundred.
- centr-
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- Temuco
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noun,
a city in S Chile.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- utero-
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- recoup
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noun,
an act of recouping.
- emptor
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noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Munroe
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noun,
Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- necro-
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- neuro-
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- metro-
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- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- number
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noun,
a numeral or group of numerals.
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- petro-
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- entomb
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verb (used with object),
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
- pounce
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noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- couter
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- precut
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- cupro-
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- cumber
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noun,
a hindrance.
- ptero-
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- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- cteno-
-
- put-on
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noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- brunet
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- crepon
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- croute
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noun,
crust.
- rectum
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noun,
the comparatively straight, terminal section of the intestine, ending in the anus.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- trompe
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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.
- troupe
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Bourne
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- unrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- topmen
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noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- uptorn
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verb,
past participle of uptear.
- turco-
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- bounce
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noun,
a bound or rebound:
- tuebor
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verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- tubmen
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noun,
a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
- turbo-
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- trump
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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.
- prunt
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noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- truce
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- prune
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noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Prot.
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- tombe
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noun,
a step in which a dancer falls from one leg to the other, landing with all the weight on the foot that has just moved, while flexing the knee.
- tuber
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noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- prone
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noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
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- Prome
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noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- curet
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- prom.
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- proem
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noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- proc.
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- Bruce
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noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- crumb
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noun,
a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.
- trope
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- Creon
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Toure
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noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- coupe
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noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- Tromp
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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.
- Court
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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.
- boner
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noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bonce
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noun,
head; skull.
- RECON
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noun,
reconnaissance.
- rebut
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verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- crept
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noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- crump
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noun,
a crunching sound.
- crone
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- rebop
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noun,
bop1 .
- croup
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noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- rcpt.
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- trop-
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- cruet
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- prob.
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- probe
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noun,
the act of probing.
- tumor
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noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- pret.
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- noct-
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- omber
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noun,
a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
- mero-
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- metr-
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- notum
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- Mont.
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- Monte
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noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- neut.
-
- meno-
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- Upton
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- neur-
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- Mount
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noun,
the act or a manner of mounting.
- mourn
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verb (used with object),
to feel or express sorrow or grief over (misfortune, loss, or anything regretted); deplore.
- Nebr.
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- 30-30
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- Munro
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noun,
Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- muco-
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- umber
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noun,
an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- ounce
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- prem.
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- tuner
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- recpt
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- econ.
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- Port.
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- ecto-
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- Ponce
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noun,
a pimp.
- poet.
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- enorm
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adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- ento-
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- EPROM
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noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- outen
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verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- petr-
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- eruct
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erupt
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verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- pert.
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- Peron
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noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Euro-
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- outre
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adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Outer
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adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Count
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noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- mucor
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noun,
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
- rect.
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- cert.
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- to-be
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adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- compt
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verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- comp.
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- comet
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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.
- Comer
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noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- Combe
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noun,
a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
- comb.
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- toper
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Bueno
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interjection,
good; all right.
- TEMPO
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noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- bunco
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noun,
bunko.
- term.
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- Rouen
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- cero-
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- Comr.
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- brom-
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- burnt
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noun,
a burned place or area:
- route
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- tenor
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noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Brent
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noun,
brant.
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- CENTO
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noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cent.
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- mucro
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noun,
a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.
- teno-
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- Ruben
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noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- rumen
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noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- Buteo
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noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Bourn
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noun,
burn2 .
- bronc
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noun,
bronco:
- brute
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noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- rept.
-
- brume
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noun,
mist; fog.
- Torun
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noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- corpn
-
- corp.
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- borne
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noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- cornu
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noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Bornu
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noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Bruno
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noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- copr-
-
- coper
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noun,
a horse dealer.
- copen
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noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- temp.
-
- Conte
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noun,
count2 .
- Comte
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noun,
count2 .
- Repub
-
- brunt
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noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- re-up
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verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- cont.
-
- Omer
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noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Tobe
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noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Nemo
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noun,
remote (def 10).
- uret
-
- omen
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noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- tome
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noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Nero
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- once
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noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ten.
-
- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Ont.
-
- OPEC
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noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
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noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- Orem
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noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orne
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- out-
-
- Oct.
-
- nom.
-
- Nome
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noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Tob.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- tern
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noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Nebo
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noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- upon
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noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- not-
-
- uro-
-
- note
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- umbo
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noun,
a boss on a shield, as one at the center of a circular shield.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- ter.
-
- tomb
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noun,
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- NCTE
-
- mute
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noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- numb
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adjective,
deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move:
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- muon
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noun,
a lepton similar in most respects to the electron except that it is unstable, it may be positively charged, and its mass is approximately 207 times greater; the positively charged muon is the antiparticle of the negatively charged muon. Symbol: μ.
- NRPB
-
- rpt.
-
- TCBM
-
- pub.
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
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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.
- pro-
-
- rope
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noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
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noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Rom.
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- Prut
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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.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- prec
-
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- RCMP
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- tron
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Rep.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- pre-
-
- pct.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- top-
-
- 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.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- pot.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- 1080
-
- mun.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ctr.
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- muc-
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- 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.
- Cort
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- 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.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cur.
-
- Com.
-
- ect-
-
- 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.
- Eur.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etc.
-
- enc.
-
- Emp.
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- eco-
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- MCPO
-
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bomu
-
noun,
a river in central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing N and W into the Uele River to form the Ubangi River. About 500 miles (805 km) long.
- BMOC
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- BMet
-
- bet.
-
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bot.
-
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- Cmon
-
- but-
-
- Ceto
-
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- cen.
-
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- Bur.
-
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- bump
-
noun,
an act or instance of bumping; collision; blow.
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- BPOE
-
- 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.
- neo-
-
- men-
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mout
-
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- met.
-
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- MOpt
-
- ment
-
- Mon.
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- TBO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CBE
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- 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.
- MOR
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- TMO
-
- Co.
-
- TNB
-
- MPE
-
- bu.
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- BRT
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- RMC
-
- NOC
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ROP
-
- CNO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- CNM
-
- NMU
-
- NMR
-
- CEO
-
- cp.
-
- RPM
-
- RPO
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NEC
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- cr.
-
- ct.
-
- MRE
-
- BRM
-
- bp.
-
- MTP
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bec
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UCR
-
- BCP
-
- Br.
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- UMT
-
- unc
-
- Une
-
- BEP
-
- UNO
-
- unp
-
- up-
-
- UPC
-
- BEM
-
- be-
-
- BCE
-
- ur-
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ure
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- UTC
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- MUP
-
- BRE
-
- Tro
-
- BPE
-
- MRP
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ne-
-
- Mt.
-
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- TPM
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- tr.
-
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- NCO
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bn.
-
- BMT
-
- BMR
-
- trp
-
- mtn
-
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- BME
-
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- MTO
-
- tue
-
- 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.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NOP
-
- MEP
-
- ETR
-
- Om.
-
- ETO
-
- OEM
-
- ERT
-
- ERP
-
- EPT
-
- Ep.
-
- PMT
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- POB
-
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- en-
-
- OMB
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- 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.
- EMT
-
- EMR
-
- POR
-
- 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.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- OBE
-
- OTC
-
- op.
-
- ECM
-
- ec-
-
- PRC
-
- eu-
-
- MBE
-
- EbN
-
- ot-
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ONR
-
- MCR
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- MCP
-
- MBO
-
- OPM
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OTB
-
- PCM
-
- ote
-
- 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.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Mo.
-
- Me.
-
- Mc-
-
- pc.
-
- pm.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PCB
-
- Oc.
-
- OCR
-
- Re.
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- CPU
-
- NPR
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RCT
-
- CRP
-
- PUC
-
- NRC
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- cte
-
- CPR
-
- nr.
-
- RCN
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- RBC
-
- 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)
- Npt
-
- CRT
-
- RCP
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- CPO
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ob.
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CPM
-
- NUM
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- cup
-
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.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- cum
-
noun,
come (def 24).
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- mob
-
noun,
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- MNE
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- RN
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- UB
-
- UC
-
- NM
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- UT
-
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.
- B-
-
- MP
-
- BC
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RO
-
- U.
-
- BO
-
- BM
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RU
-
- PB
-
- TB
-
- TN
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TM
-
- O.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- CB
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- CE
-
- TC
-
- MN
-
- NP
-
- TP
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- CM
-
- PU
-
- CU
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NC
-
- NB
-
- N.
-
- M.
-
- MB
-
- Eb
-
- RC
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RP
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- R.
-