Anagrams of profundities
Word profundities has
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- eruditions
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noun,
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
- perfusion
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noun,
the act of perfusing.
- driftpins
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noun,
driftbolt (def 1).
- dripstone
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noun,
Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- foundries
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noun,
an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
- piedforts
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noun,
a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- Petronius
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noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Arbiter Elegantiae") died a.d. 66? Roman satirist.
- detrusion
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noun,
the act of detruding.
- dipterous
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adjective,
Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- unstriped
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adjective,
not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.
- unstoried
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adjective,
without a history; not written as history or told as folklore:
- Perotinus
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noun,
("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- disorient
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verb (used with object),
to cause to lose one's way:
- fruitions
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noun,
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment:
- eruptions
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- perdition
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noun,
a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- tripodies
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noun,
a measure of three feet.
- erudition
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noun,
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
- spindrift
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noun,
spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- dipteron
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noun,
a dipterous insect.
- untidies
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adjective,
not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered:
- spirited
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- piedfort
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noun,
a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- diorites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- diopters
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- pieforts
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noun,
piedfort.
- 11-point
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- spitfire
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noun,
a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
- founders
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noun,
a person who founds or establishes.
- driftpin
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noun,
driftbolt (def 1).
- isopedin
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noun,
the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- intrepid
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adjective,
resolutely fearless; dauntless:
- outspend
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in spending; spend more than:
- sit-upon
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noun,
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- dourines
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- outsider
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noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- disunite
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verb (used with object),
to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- nudities
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noun,
the state or fact of being nude; nakedness.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- inspired
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adjective,
aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence:
- sourdine
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- peridots
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- fruition
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noun,
attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment:
- Ironside
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noun,
a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- pruinose
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adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- purities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.:
- retinoid
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- uptrends
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noun,
a tendency upward or toward growth, especially in economic development.
- fire-pot
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noun,
the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.
- derision
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noun,
ridicule; mockery:
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- re-sound
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verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- pounders
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noun,
a person or thing that pounds, pulverizes, or beats.
- protends
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verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- purifies
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verb (used with object),
to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates:
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- pterido-
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- defusion
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noun,
separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- uridines
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noun,
a ribonucleoside composed of ribose and uracil.
- firestop
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noun,
any object built into a building frame to block a concealed hollow space through which a fire might pass from one part of the building to another.
- Presidio
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noun,
a garrisoned fort; military post.
- tiderips
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noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- portends
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- riptides
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noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- forspent
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adjective,
worn out; exhausted.
- portside
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adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- resinoid
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noun,
a resinoid substance.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- iridous
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adjective,
containing trivalent iridium.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- insider
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- sterno-
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- stipend
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noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- torpids
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noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- insured
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noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- edition
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noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tripods
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noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- intrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- enduros
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noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- iodines
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noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- inpours
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- Fortune
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noun,
position in life as determined by wealth:
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- forties
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- frontis
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noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- forints
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noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- frosted
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noun,
a thick beverage, usually made with milk, flavoring syrup, and ice cream whipped together.
- tiderip
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noun,
a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- fondues
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noun,
a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
- fruited
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noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- finspot
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noun,
any clinid fish of the genus Paraclinus, having an eyelike spot on the dorsal fin, as P. integripinnis, of California.
- topside
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noun,
the upper side.
- finites
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noun,
something that is finite.
- tineids
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- finders
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noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- surfeit
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noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- feudist
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noun,
a person who participates in a feud.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- founder
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noun,
a person who founds or establishes.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- funster
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noun,
a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- striped
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- indites
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Proteus
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- portend
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verb (used with object),
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:
- riptide
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noun,
a tide that opposes another or other tides, causing a violent disturbance in the sea.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- posture
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noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- pounder
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noun,
a person or thing that pounds, pulverizes, or beats.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- profits
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noun,
Often, profits.
pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profuse
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adjective,
spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in):
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protend
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verb (used with object),
to stretch forth.
- prudent
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adjective,
wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- rodents
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noun,
a rodent mammal.
- pseudo-
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- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pterous
-
- pundits
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noun,
a learned person, expert, or authority.
- punster
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noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- punties
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noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- respond
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noun,
Architecture. a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.
- purines
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- resound
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verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- redfins
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noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- redtops
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- refunds
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noun,
an act or instance of refunding.
- ponders
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verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sidero-
-
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- spouted
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- spiroid
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adjective,
more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- neutro-
-
- nifties
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noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- spinode
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noun,
cusp (def 3).
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- nitride
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- sounder
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noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- snifter
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- Oedipus
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noun,
a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- 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.
- Peridot
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- piefort
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noun,
piedfort.
- pinfire
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adjective,
of or relating to a cartridge fitted with a pin that, when struck by the hammer of the firearm, causes the cartridge to explode.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- piteous
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adjective,
evoking or deserving pity; pathetic:
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- podites
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noun,
an arthropod limb.
- pointed
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- pinders
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noun,
peanut.
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- uridine
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noun,
a ribonucleoside composed of ribose and uracil.
- uptrend
-
noun,
a tendency upward or toward growth, especially in economic development.
- diopter
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dunites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- untried
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adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- diorite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- dourine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- disrupt
-
adjective,
broken apart; disrupted.
- unifies
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become a single unit; unite:
- dispute
-
noun,
a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.
- diurons
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- disport
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noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- unipods
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noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- troupes
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- defrost
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the frost or ice from:
- turdine
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- deports
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verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- dirties
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- deposit
-
noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- unposed
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adjective,
not posed; not done for effect; natural or candid:
- Stroud
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noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- unstop
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verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- indef.
-
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Turpin
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noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- pierid
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noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- stupid
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noun,
Informal. a stupid person.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- pinder
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noun,
peanut.
- Pindus
-
noun,
a mountain range in central Greece: highest peak, 7665 feet (2335 meters).
- Indies
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noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- Petofi
-
noun,
Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- infuse
-
verb (used with object),
to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into):
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- petro-
-
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Indris
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noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- pituri
-
noun,
a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- Friend
-
noun,
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- dinero
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- founds
-
noun,
something that is provided or furnished without charge, especially meals given a domestic:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- drifts
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- fronds
-
noun,
an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- suited
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- sunder
-
verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- futons
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- fusion
-
noun,
the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- super-
-
- furnit
-
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- douter
-
noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- funest
-
adjective,
boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- f-stop
-
noun,
the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- Froude
-
noun,
James Anthony, 1818–94, English historian.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- intro.
-
- instr.
-
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- neuro-
-
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- spiro-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- unfits
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- septi-
-
- senufo
-
noun,
a member of a group of indigenous people of Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso, known for their music and art.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- Snefru
-
noun,
flourished c2920 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- nitro-
-
- unipod
-
noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- perfin
-
noun,
a postage stamp having perforated initials punched into the paper: used by businesses to prevent unauthorized use of stamps.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- diseur
-
noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- period
-
noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- under-
-
- Pernod
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- dorsi-
-
- irido-
-
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- itious
-
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- distr.
-
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- isodef
-
noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- steno-
-
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- Isidor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- 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.
- pedros
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- prudes
-
noun,
a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- denti-
-
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- pseud.
-
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ferous
-
- Ferdus
-
noun,
Firdausi.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- profit
-
noun,
Often, profits.
pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit.
the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.
returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- pundit
-
noun,
a learned person, expert, or authority.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- redfin
-
noun,
any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- redout
-
noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- refund
-
noun,
an act or instance of refunding.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- DuPont
-
noun,
Eleuthère Irénée [e-lœ-ter ee-rey-ney] /ɛ lœˈtɛr i reɪˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.
- dupion
-
noun,
a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- utero-
-
- urino-
-
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- putrid
-
adjective,
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- trifid
-
adjective,
cleft into three parts or lobes.
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- finder
-
noun,
a person or thing that finds.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- deuto-
-
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- drupes
-
noun,
any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- upside
-
noun,
the upper side or part.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- fondue
-
noun,
a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- ponder
-
verb (used with object),
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully:
- upends
-
verb (used with object),
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- fiords
-
noun,
fjord.
- foetid
-
adjective,
fetid.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- pounds
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- utend
-
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- 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.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Port.
-
- Pres.
-
- rept.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- 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):
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- poet.
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- updos
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- resp.
-
- Sept.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- oste-
-
- seti-
-
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- ordn.
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- sito-
-
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- reni-
-
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- 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.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- upend
-
verb (used with object),
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 30-30
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- pref.
-
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- OPers
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Sino-
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- pred.
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- 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).
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- PROFS
-
noun,
professor.
- Prot.
-
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- 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.
- Proud
-
Idioms,
do one proud,
to be a source of pride or credit to a person:
to treat someone or oneself generously or lavishly:
- post-
-
- prude
-
noun,
a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pron.
-
- pert.
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- 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.
- petri
-
- petr-
-
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Pound
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- poufs
-
noun,
a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- prod.
-
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Deut.
-
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- dept.
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- peri-
-
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- pedi-
-
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- pedo-
-
- dist.
-
- pret.
-
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- retd.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- PEDir
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- Perdu
-
noun,
Obsolete. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.
- Prus.
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- dent.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- futon
-
noun,
a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- funds
-
noun,
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:
- Supt.
-
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- ideo-
-
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- frond
-
noun,
an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Fris.
-
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Fried
-
noun,
Alfred Hermann [al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Freud
-
noun,
Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- idio-
-
- Freon
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inst.
-
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- insp.
-
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- init.
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- idion
-
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Indo-
-
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- fires
-
- fiord
-
noun,
fjord.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- 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.
- 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.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- tious
-
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- feti-
-
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Fount
-
noun,
a spring of water; fountain.
- drift
-
noun,
a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- found
-
noun,
something that is provided or furnished without charge, especially meals given a domestic:
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- fort.
-
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- fore-
-
- Fords
-
noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- fondu
-
noun,
Ballet. a slow bending of the supporting leg.
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- drupe
-
noun,
any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- neut.
-
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- dupes
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- neur-
-
- Unit.
-
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- intr.
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- endo-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- Dupre
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1812–89, French painter.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- nudi-
-
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- trop-
-
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- ster.
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Epis.
-
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- irid-
-
- Epist
-
- 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.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- 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.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- unfit
-
adjective,
not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable:
- step-
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ition
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- ento-
-
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- USPO
-
- trid
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tues
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TODS
-
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Rep.
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- uro-
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- tron
-
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tri-
-
- uret
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- std.
-
- 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.
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- SPUD
-
noun,
Informal. a potato.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Ste.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- UNEF
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- uni-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- str.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- ter.
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tion
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ten.
-
- updo
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- rpt.
-
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- supr
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sur-
-
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- TDRS
-
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frs.
-
- frt.
-
- fuds
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- fund
-
noun,
a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose:
- funs
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- fur.
-
- fut.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Ind.
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- IndE
-
- Inf.
-
- info
-
noun,
information.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Fri.
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- int.
-
- 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.
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- Fin.
-
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- 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.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FRED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Frederick.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- for.
-
- FORD
-
noun,
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- ins.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Odus
-
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- 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.
- itis
-
- 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 = .
- ious
-
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- 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.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iso-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- neo-
-
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- feud
-
noun,
Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- 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.
- OPer
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- doup
-
noun,
the bottom, end, or butt of something.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- dir.
-
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- def.
-
- defs
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dep.
-
- depr
-
- der.
-
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dif-
-
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dpt.
-
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- eso-
-
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Esd.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- Fed.
-
- fedn
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- eous
-
- Ens.
-
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- dupe
-
noun,
a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- dup.
-
- dups
-
verb (used with object),
to open.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- end-
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- iod-
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- prin
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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):
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- pouf
-
noun,
a high headdress with the hair rolled in puffs, worn by women in the late 18th century.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pfui
-
interjection,
phooey.
- prs.
-
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- psid
-
- pts.
-
- PTSD
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- puds
-
noun,
pudding.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- 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.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- 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.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Pers
-
- ped.
-
- 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.
- perf
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- per.
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Pen.
-
- peds
-
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- Prof
-
noun,
professor.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- ref.
-
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ord.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- purs
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OSRD
-
- tpd
-
- ROI
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERT
-
- ROP
-
- RDF
-
- trf
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Tpr
-
- ure
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ur-
-
- RDS
-
- tr.
-
- ESU
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- USO
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- do.
-
- USN
-
- FET
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- USP
-
- USR
-
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- 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:
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- uti
-
- PID
-
- DSO
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ESR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- POR
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- de-
-
- 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.
- fo.
-
- FPS
-
- FDR
-
noun,
(Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- PIO
-
- rnd
-
- RPS
-
- DET
-
- DPS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- DPI
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- PSF
-
- PSE
-
- DSP
-
- DSR
-
- DST
-
- UIT
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Du.
-
- PUD
-
noun,
pudding.
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- DNR
-
- unp
-
- UNO
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- uns
-
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Une
-
- RFD
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RFE
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- RFI
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- en-
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- di.
-
- DFT
-
- Tro
-
- eo-
-
- ETD
-
- ed.
-
- EDP
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- ef-
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- UPI
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- up-
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- DUI
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- Re.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- Rd.
-
- prf
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- pfd
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NES
-
- SPR
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- pd.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NFD
-
- NFS
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NSF
-
- spt
-
- 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).
- SDR
-
- Ir.
-
- SRO
-
- STI
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- IRO
-
- SDI
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- se-
-
- IUS
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- pf.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- ite
-
- SED
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUD
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- NOP
-
- ipr
-
- OIt
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- of-
-
- OFr
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- oid
-
- OIr
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ONF
-
- ONI
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ODT
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- OTS
-
- nr.
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- NSU
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- SOF
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SNU
-
- OED
-
- op.
-
- OSD
-
- OSF
-
- IPS
-
- St.
-
- IPO
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- FTP
-
noun,
File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- FUD
-
noun,
a fuddy-duddy.
- fun
-
noun,
something that provides mirth or amusement:
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- RTF
-
- id.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ide
-
- suf
-
- PDT
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- TID
-
- FIO
-
- 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.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- RPO
-
- tfr
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- FOS
-
- FOT
-
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- rt.
-
- FPO
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- IDP
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Ps.
-
- STP
-
- ine
-
- pt.
-
- in.
-
- sd.
-
- IOF
-
- 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 = .
- prn
-
- So.
-
- PTO
-
- ior
-
- Pr.
-
- ier
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- 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.
- IOU
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- PDF
-
noun,
a file format that makes it possible to display text and graphics in the same fixed layout on any computer screen.
- IOT
-
- Sp.
-
- FD
-
- 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.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- FP
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- fn
-
- FE
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- S.
-
- D.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- EI
-
- TN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DP
-
- DF
-
- RP
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Ud
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- DN
-
- IP
-
- i.
-
- U.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TP
-
- NI
-
- RF
-
- RO
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- UI
-
- 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.
- PU
-
- NP
-
- NF
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- R.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RN
-
- SU
-
- RI
-
- O.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SF
-
- ND
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RU
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- N.
-
- SN
-