Anagrams of progenitors
Word progenitors has
1043 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of progenitors.
- progenitor
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noun,
a biologically related ancestor:
- portioners
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- resorption
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noun,
the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- interrog.
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- retorsion
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noun,
retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- ostringer
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noun,
astringer.
- progestin
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noun,
any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- portioner
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- posterior
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noun,
the hinder parts or rump of the body; buttocks.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- troopers
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- protero-
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- Stringer
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noun,
a person or thing that strings.
- Springer
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noun,
a person or thing that springs.
- perigons
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- positron
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noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- ringster
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noun,
a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- geronto-
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- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- sporting
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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.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Sorrento
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: resort; cathedral; ancient ruins.
- 11-point
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- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- Progreso
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noun,
a city in NW Honduras.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- ego-trip
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noun,
an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification:
- prognose
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verb (used with or without object),
to subject to or make a prognosis.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- 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.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- nitroso-
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- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- portion
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noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- porting
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noun,
the changing of the size, shape, or location of the intake and exhaust ports in an internal-combustion engine, generally to improve performance.
- Gentoos
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noun,
a Hindu.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- genitor
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- isotope
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noun,
any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- genito-
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- porions
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- porgies
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noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- serpigo
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noun,
(formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Gosport
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noun,
a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- goiters
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- 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.
- trigone
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noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- ringers
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noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- trigons
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noun,
a triangle.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Negrito
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- 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.
- 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.
- stinger
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- stoping
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noun,
a process by which magmas move upward in the earth by breaking off and engulfing blocks of overlying rocks.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- potions
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- posting
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noun,
assignment to a post, command, or particular location, especially in a military or governmental capacity.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- springe
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noun,
a snare for catching small game.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- operons
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- striper
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noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- sorting
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noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- sponger
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noun,
a person or thing that sponges.
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- 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.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- petrog.
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- ergotin
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noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- Igorots
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noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- Torreon
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noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- torpors
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- sporont
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noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- sterno-
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- gropers
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noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- perigon
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- trogons
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noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- resting
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- intro.
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- instr.
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- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- inter.
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- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- torero
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- isogon
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noun,
a polygon having all angles equal.
- isopor
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noun,
an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- irreg.
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- stooge
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noun,
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- ptero-
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- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- topog.
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- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Proton
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noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proto-
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- torpor
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noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- prosit
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interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- potion
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noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- proser
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- pingos
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noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- Oregon
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noun,
a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem.
Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- orgies
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noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- Piston
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noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- orogen
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noun,
an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- string
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noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pintos
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noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pinots
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noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- osteo-
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- pogies
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noun,
a porgy.
- Terris
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noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- Pigeon
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noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- petro-
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- Strong
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Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- pengos
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- Perron
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Perrin
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noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- pernor
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noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- pitons
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noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- option
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noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- pronto
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adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prongs
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noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- prison
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- priors
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noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- nitro-
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- prints
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noun,
the state of being printed.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- priers
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noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- Potosi
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noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- pointe
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- tip-on
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noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- porion
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noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- tinges
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noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- pooris
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noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- poison
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noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poiser
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- operon
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noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- points
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noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- instep
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- sponge
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noun,
any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- rotors
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noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- troops
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noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- triers
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noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Singer
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noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Rogers
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noun,
Bernard, 1893–1968, U.S. composer.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- trogon
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noun,
any of several brilliantly colored birds of the family Trogonidae, especially of the genus Trogon, of tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Gorton
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noun,
John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Signor
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- signet
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- etrogs
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noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- griots
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noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- rigors
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noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- steno-
-
- sporo-
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- trigon
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noun,
a triangle.
- erring
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adjective,
going astray; in error; wrong.
- stego-
-
- roster
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noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- gipons
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noun,
jupon.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- eroto-
-
- esprit
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- goiter
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noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- trigos
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noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- goners
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- rooter
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- ergots
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noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- soigne
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adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- gripes
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noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- ringer
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noun,
a person or thing that encircles, rings, etc.
- sprier
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adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- Igorot
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Malay stock in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, some noted as headhunters.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- tropo-
-
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- repros
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noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- genips
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- 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.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- spiro-
-
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inorg.
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- genit.
-
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- septi-
-
- groper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- spigot
-
noun,
a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- Groote
-
noun,
Gerhard [Dutch khey-rahrt;; English gair-hahrt] /Dutch ˈxeɪ rɑrt;; English ˈgɛər hɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Gerardus Magnus) 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.
- 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.
- retro-
-
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- gropes
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Groton
-
noun,
a city in SE Connecticut.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Gentoo
-
noun,
a Hindu.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- 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.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- pongs
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- Sino-
-
- poet.
-
- sing.
-
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- 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.
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- petri
-
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- 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.
- 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.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- petr-
-
- sorgo
-
noun,
any of several varieties of sorghum grown chiefly for the sweet juice yielded by the stems, used in making sugar and syrup and also for fodder.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- 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.
- pert.
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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).
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- sito-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- 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.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- pings
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Soong
-
noun,
Charles Jones, 1866–1918, Chinese merchant (father of Ai-ling, Ch'ing-ling, Mei-ling, and Tse-ven Soong).
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- sprig
-
noun,
a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- Prot.
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- stge.
-
- 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.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- progs
-
noun,
food or victuals.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- rigor
-
noun,
strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- 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.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Regt.
-
- rept.
-
- restr
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- post-
-
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- Sept.
-
- Port.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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):
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Prog.
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prigs
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- pret.
-
- step-
-
- reni-
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- 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.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- intr.
-
- peri-
-
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insep
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Groot
-
noun,
Huig [Dutch hoikh] /Dutch hɔɪx/ (Show IPA), de [duh] /də/ (Show IPA), or van [vahn] /vɑn/ (Show IPA), Hugo Grotius.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- topo-
-
- GRIPS
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- noto-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noso-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- no-go
-
adjective,
inoperative; canceled:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- nitr-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tono-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- gript
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- gripe
-
noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- 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.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- erron
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ergo-
-
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- 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.
- trop-
-
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- engr.
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- 30-30
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- gono-
-
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- gorps
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- goose
-
noun,
any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- goops
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- goons
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- trig.
-
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- Giono
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, French novelist.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pengo
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- oste-
-
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- orig.
-
- onto-
-
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Oreg.
-
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- opto-
-
- teno-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- terr.
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPers
-
- 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.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- 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.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- goos
-
noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- oto-
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- sepn
-
- stg.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- rpt.
-
- Ste.
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gon-
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- goon
-
noun,
Informal. a hired hoodlum or thug.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gips
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Goop
-
noun,
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- epi-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ergs
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Soni
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Pen.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Pet.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pers
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- est.
-
- 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.
- Gen.
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Sig.
-
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- ter.
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- tron
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- esp.
-
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- eso-
-
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- 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.
- top-
-
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- neo-
-
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 1080
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- prs.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- psig
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- iso-
-
- pts.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- OPer
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pro-
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Togo
-
noun,
Heihachiro [hey-hah-chee-raw] /ˈheɪ hɑˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1847–1934, Japanese admiral.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- pot.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- pre-
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Nor.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tion
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- prin
-
- 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):
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- Ont.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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.
- ptg.
-
- Reg.
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- ign.
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- str.
-
- Ire.
-
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- gro.
-
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- 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.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- oro-
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- 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.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gres
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- pos.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- org.
-
- repr
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- 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 = .
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- int.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- ins.
-
- regr
-
- 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.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- POGO
-
noun,
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- Tng
-
- STI
-
- trp
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- SPR
-
- tr.
-
- TGN
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tro
-
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- STP
-
- spt
-
- Tpr
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
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- too
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Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- toe
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noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- ne-
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
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- ist
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- ISR
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- ise
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- IRS
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- IRO
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- Ir.
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- IPS
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- ipr
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- IPO
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- IOT
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- Ios
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noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
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- ion
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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 = .
- NES
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- NGO
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noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- ine
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- OES
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noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oo-
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- ons
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- ONR
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- ONI
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- one
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noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
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- OIr
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- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- OEO
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- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- op.
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- nr.
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- Npt
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- NPR
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- NOP
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- nog
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noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ing
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- in.
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- oon
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- EPT
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- ETS
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- ETR
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- ETO
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- ESR
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- ERT
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERP
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- EPS
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- GOP
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- Ep.
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- EOS
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noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
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noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- en-
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- EIS
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- eir
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- EGO
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noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eo-
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- Eg.
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- gi.
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- GPO
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noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- ier
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- got
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- io-
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- GTS
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- GTO
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- gt.
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- GSR
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- gre
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- Gr.
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- GPS
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- Gor
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interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Ges
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- goo
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noun,
a thick or sticky substance:
- goi
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noun,
goy.
- GNP
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- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gip
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noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- o-o
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noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- OGO
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- OOT
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ROP
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- ROI
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- ROG
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- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- RNR
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- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ret
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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.
- RPS
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- RPG
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ope
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adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
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noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSG
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- PSE
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- POR
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- poi
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noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- RPO
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- PIT
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noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- Sep
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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.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sgt
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- SER
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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).
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Rs.
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- se-
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- SRO
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- Sp.
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- So.
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- RTS
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Re.
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- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Pr.
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- prn
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- Ps.
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- pt.
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- ote
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- PTO
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- ot-
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- OSP
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- OSO
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- OTS
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- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- ose
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- ORT
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noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
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noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Ore
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noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Pg.
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- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- opt
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Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Peg
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noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- OPS
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noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pie
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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:
- pig
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noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
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- O.
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- SG
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- S.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TN
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OG
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SN
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- G.
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- GO
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noun,
the act of going:
- NG
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- IP
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- R.
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- t.
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- IG
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- RI
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- N.
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- i.
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- RN
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- TP
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- NP
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TG
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- rg
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- T1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RO
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- GN
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- RP
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- GP
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- NI
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