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Word professional has
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- polonaises
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noun,
a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- profession
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noun,
a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science:
Compare learned profession.
- polonaise
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noun,
a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- seafloors
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noun,
the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- aerofoils
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noun,
airfoil.
- foresails
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- span-roof
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noun,
a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.
- personals
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noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- farnesols
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- aspersion
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noun,
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander:
- pinafores
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noun,
a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- Solferino
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noun,
a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- slipnoose
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noun,
a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- fossorial
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adjective,
digging or burrowing.
- aloofness
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noun,
the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference:
- rooflines
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noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- pai-loos
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- anisoles
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- safroles
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- pelorias
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- roseolas
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- firepans
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noun,
a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- felspars
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noun,
feldspar.
- plosions
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- painless
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adjective,
without pain; causing little or no pain:
- psoralen
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noun,
a toxic substance, C 11 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- farnesol
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- nol-pros
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verb (used with object),
to end by a nolle prosequi.
- sopranos
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- profiles
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- fairness
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noun,
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness:
- profanes
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adjective,
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- Pinafore
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noun,
a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- seafloor
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noun,
the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- erosions
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- personas
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noun,
a person.
- personal
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noun,
a short news paragraph in a newspaper concerning a particular person, as one who is socially prominent, or a group of particular persons who are socially prominent.
a brief, private notice in a newspaper or magazine, often addressed to a particular person, and typically bearing an abbreviated salutation and signature to preserve its confidentiality, usually printed in a special part of the classified advertising section.
Also called personal ad. a similar notice, as in a newspaper or on a website, placed by a person seeking companionship, a spouse, etc.
Usually, personals. a column, page, or section, as of a newspaper, magazine, or website, featuring such notices or items.
- Responsa
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noun,
the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- persians
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- aerofoil
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noun,
airfoil.
- aerosols
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- flaperon
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noun,
a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- roofless
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adjective,
having no roof.
- roofline
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noun,
the outline of a rooftop.
- spoilers
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- spaniels
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- Serpasil
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- reposals
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- profane
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adjective,
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- felspar
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noun,
feldspar.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- ariosos
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noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- insofar
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adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- arseno-
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- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- olefins
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noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- saloops
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noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- Opaline
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adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- silanes
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- aspires
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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):
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- espanol
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noun,
the Spanish language.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Loafers
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noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- reposal
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noun,
the act of reposing.
- lipases
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- loopers
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noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- Leonora
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- soapers
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noun,
soap opera.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- espials
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noun,
the act of spying.
- loosens
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- profess
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verb (used with object),
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to:
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- profile
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noun,
the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- soprano
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noun,
the uppermost part or voice.
- pronaos
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noun,
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- sailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sooners
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- safrole
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- solions
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- pilfers
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verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- roseola
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- pansies
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noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- paniolo
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noun,
a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- foisons
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noun,
abundance; plenty.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- spinels
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- palsies
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noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- sponsor
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noun,
a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- spinals
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spireas
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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.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- foliose
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adjective,
Botany. leafy.
- Passion
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noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- spirals
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- peloria
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noun,
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- firepan
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noun,
a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- spleno-
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- paroles
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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.
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- splores
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- fraises
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- perfins
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noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- filasse
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noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- Polaris
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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.
- sprains
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- orisons
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noun,
a prayer.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- poisons
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- florins
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- senoras
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- plosion
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noun,
the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant.
Also called explosion.
Compare implosion (def 2).
- Flossie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- frisson
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noun,
a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill:
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- pai-loo
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noun,
(in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- Aerosol
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- plessor
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noun,
plexor.
- Leipoa
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noun,
mallee fowl.
- flori-
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- floras
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noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Flores
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noun,
flower (def 11).
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lapins
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noun,
a rabbit.
- lapses
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noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- foison
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noun,
abundance; plenty.
- rooses
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Florio
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noun,
John, 1553?–1625, English lexicographer and translator.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- foliar
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- Florin
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noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Sifnos
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noun,
Siphnos.
- sailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- folios
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noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- frises
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noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- sepals
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noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- sanies
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noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- sansei
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noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Senora
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- saloop
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noun,
a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
- Season
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noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- sapors
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noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sapro-
-
- Saseno
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noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sarsen
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noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- infare
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- infra-
-
- sepias
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noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- saloon
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noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Israel
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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.
- serosa
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noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Rosina
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noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serifs
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noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- infers
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- fossil
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noun,
any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- fossor
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noun,
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
- saleps
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noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- frails
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noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- fraise
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- paleon
-
- paleo-
-
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- plani-
-
- plano-
-
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- pleio-
-
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- orlops
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pilafs
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- 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.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- perfin
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- passel
-
noun,
a group or lot of indeterminate number:
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- 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.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- polios
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- 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.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- looses
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- 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.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posole
-
noun,
a thick, stewlike soup of pork or chicken, hominy, mild chili peppers, and coriander leaves: traditionally served at Christmas and often favored as a hangover remedy.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- nooses
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- floors
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- pilfer
-
verb (used with or without object),
to steal, especially in small quantities.
- snoops
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- eosins
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- Feosol
-
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- sofars
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- 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):
- aniso-
-
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- 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.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- snoose
-
noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- solons
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- arsons
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- slopes
-
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- arsen-
-
- sloops
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- Spears
-
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.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- 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.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- splen-
-
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- spools
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- sporo-
-
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- spoors
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoons
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- spiro-
-
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- sopors
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Sonora
-
noun,
a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- spoofs
-
noun,
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- aeron.
-
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Arnel
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- naso-
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- span-
-
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- polos
-
noun,
a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 30-30
-
- poofs
-
noun,
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- oleo-
-
- pools
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- proof
-
noun,
evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- 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.
- pron.
-
- assn.
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- poss.
-
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- prae-
-
- PROFS
-
noun,
professor.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- nears
-
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- 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.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- snaps
-
- noso-
-
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- pref.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Pres.
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- pros.
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- floor
-
noun,
that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- pelfs
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- 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.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pass.
-
- pases
-
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.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Parl.
-
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- 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.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- spor-
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- 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.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilaf
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- 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.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- Afro-
-
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- spoof
-
noun,
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- spool
-
noun,
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- aloof
-
adverb,
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Orlon
-
- 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:
- apses
-
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.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- areo-
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- 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.
- OPers
-
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- opsis
-
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- pale-
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plan-
-
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spies
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- plio-
-
- 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).
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- 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.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Fris.
-
- 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.
- roofs
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- filos
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- fraps
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Freon
-
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- Iran.
-
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Sans.
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- insp.
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- insol
-
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- insep
-
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- saris
-
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.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- ileo-
-
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- self-
-
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- sails
-
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.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- sloop
-
noun,
a single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, with or without a bowsprit, having a jib-headed or gaff mainsail, the latter sometimes with a gaff topsail, and one or more headsails.
Compare cutter (def 3), knockabout (def 1).
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- soaps
-
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.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- loofs
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- LOOPS
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- refl.
-
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- folio
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sero-
-
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- flor.
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- flips
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Floss
-
noun,
the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- lipo-
-
- fires
-
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Epis.
-
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- fossa
-
noun,
a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- resp.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- reni-
-
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- fools
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Sino-
-
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- fosse
-
noun,
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- fore-
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sra.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- SASE
-
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sers
-
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).
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sepn
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- seps
-
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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- prin
-
- rel.
-
- 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.
- pro-
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Prof
-
noun,
professor.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- soln
-
- Soni
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psia
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- prs.
-
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- ref.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pos.
-
- 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.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- pnea
-
- PLSS
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- 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.
- roof
-
noun,
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, 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):
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RNAS
-
- poof
-
noun,
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- RONA
-
- pre-
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ESIS
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lip-
-
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- eso-
-
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- esp.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- FRSS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- enl.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- epi-
-
- loof
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- FOIA
-
- fol.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- infl
-
- FLRA
-
- FLOP
-
noun,
an act of flopping.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- Flip
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- flap
-
noun,
something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening:
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Frs.
-
- IOOF
-
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Fri.
-
- 1080
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- frap
-
verb (used with object),
to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- inae
-
- Foss
-
noun,
Lukas [loo-kuh s] /ˈlu kəs/ (Show IPA), 1922–2009, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- ile-
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- for.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- fool
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Fla.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fin.
-
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- pil-
-
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- FERA
-
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- ASSR
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Alis
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- 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:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- 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.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- ano-
-
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- 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.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- osis
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- 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.
- PERL
-
- pelf
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- Pen.
-
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- perf
-
- Pers
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Piaf
-
noun,
Edith (Edith Giovanna Gassion) 1914–63, French singer.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- Aire
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- afr-
-
- aer-
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- 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.
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- 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.
- FRSL
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- ARIS
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- nos-
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Nor.
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Apr.
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- 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.
- asis
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- apo-
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIRA
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Sr.
-
- an.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- eir
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Fl.
-
- EIS
-
- ASN
-
- SPS
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Af.
-
- SPR
-
- al.
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- ap-
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- eo-
-
- 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.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SSN
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Frl
-
- ea.
-
- SSI
-
- 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).
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ean
-
- SSE
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- FPO
-
- efl
-
- SSA
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- FOS
-
- ss.
-
- 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.
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- ASR
-
- SRS
-
- Ar.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ef-
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- AFS
-
- ae.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- SOF
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SLP
-
- SLR
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- EPS
-
- FPS
-
- fo.
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ANF
-
- ESR
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- 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.
- APS
-
- ESL
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Apl
-
- aor
-
- ESA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- 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.
- EPA
-
- FAO
-
- AEF
-
- en-
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- FIO
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AFL
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- AFP
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- Fia
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- SLA
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- SLE
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ASI
-
- EOF
-
- 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.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- So.
-
- FSA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- PSA
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- NFL
-
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NLF
-
- NOP
-
- PSF
-
- prf
-
- NPR
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- OSF
-
- PRA
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- OAP
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- oo-
-
- REA
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSI
-
- FSR
-
- LSS
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NEA
-
- NSF
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Re.
-
- PSS
-
- ne-
-
- OAO
-
- 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.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- PLA
-
- OSS
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- Pa.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pli
-
- plf
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- 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.
- POA
-
- pl.
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pf.
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- 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:
- OSP
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- OAS
-
- ONF
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- of-
-
- OFr
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- Ola
-
- POR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ISA
-
- IPA
-
- IPO
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ior
-
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
-
- La.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SAE
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Sp.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- RPO
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILP
-
- ILS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- SAR
-
- IOF
-
- Rs.
-
- SRO
-
- SSR
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Les
-
- lep
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Lif
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- RFI
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- RFA
-
- LaF
-
- RFE
-
- ROP
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- 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.
- NP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- i.
-
- NI
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- NF
-
- AO
-
- ln
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RF
-
- LF
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LR
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- NL
-
- FP
-
- L.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- FE
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ol
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RO
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- fn
-
- RP
-
- SN
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- IP
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