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- optometrists
-
noun,
a licensed professional who practices optometry.
- optometries
-
noun,
the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- prostomiate
-
adjective,
having a prostomium.
- compatriots
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
- optometrist
-
noun,
a licensed professional who practices optometry.
- ostectomies
-
noun,
excision of part or all of a bone.
- microstates
-
noun,
ministate.
- topectomies
-
noun,
excision of part of the cerebral cortex for the relief of unmanageable pain or especially as a treatment for certain mental disorders.
- tapestries
-
noun,
a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- spermaceti
-
noun,
a pearly white, waxy, translucent solid, obtained from the oil in the head of the sperm whale: used chiefly in cosmetics and candles, and as an emollient.
- microstate
-
noun,
ministate.
- metroscope
-
noun,
an instrument for examining the cavity of the uterus.
- space-time
-
noun,
Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
- top-secret
-
adjective,
bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- caespitose
-
adjective,
cespitose.
- striptease
-
noun,
a burlesque act in which a dancer removes garments one at a time to the accompaniment of music.
- aeciospore
-
noun,
a spore borne by an aecium.
- tetratomic
-
adjective,
having four atoms per molecule, especially of a specified kind.
- prostatism
-
noun,
symptoms of prostate disorder, especially obstructed urination, arising from benign enlargement or chronic disease of the prostate gland.
- postmaster
-
noun,
the official in charge of a post office.
- tricostate
-
adjective,
having three ribs, costae, or raised lines.
- compatriot
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
- cross-mate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crossbreed.
- competitor
-
noun,
a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- compotiers
-
noun,
compote (def 2).
- statoscope
-
noun,
an aneroid barometer for registering minute variations of atmospheric pressure.
- imprecates
-
verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- costmaries
-
noun,
a composite plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, that has silvery, fragrant leaves and is used in salads and as a flavoring.
- cooperates
-
verb (used without object),
to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- poetasters
-
noun,
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- staterooms
-
noun,
a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.
- carpostome
-
noun,
the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- composites
-
noun,
something composite; a compound.
- esotropia
-
noun,
strabismus in which one eye deviates inward.
- roomettes
-
noun,
a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- proteases
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- proteoses
-
noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- sea-otter
-
noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- capsomere
-
noun,
any of the protein subunits of a capsid.
- sestertia
-
noun,
a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
- recompose
-
verb (used with object),
to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- octameter
-
adjective,
consisting of eight measures or feet.
- spermatic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- sectaries
-
noun,
a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- Caporetto
-
noun,
Italian name of Kobarid.
- spermato-
-
- imprecate
-
verb (used with object),
to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- ascospore
-
noun,
a spore formed within an ascus.
- campsites
-
noun,
a place used or suitable for camping.
- atropisms
-
noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- totemists
-
noun,
a member of a clan, family, or group distinguished by a totem.
- esoterism
-
noun,
esotericism.
- attempers
-
verb (used with object),
to modify or moderate by mixing or blending with something different or opposite.
- stateroom
-
noun,
a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.
- esoterica
-
plural noun,
things understood by or meant for a select few; recondite matters or items.
- teamsters
-
noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- stairstep
-
noun,
a step in a staircase.
- operatics
-
noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- impetrate
-
verb (used with object),
to obtain by entreaty.
- impacters
-
noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- operettas
-
noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- estimates
-
noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- octometer
-
noun,
octameter.
- camporees
-
noun,
a small camp gathering of boy scouts or girl scouts, usually from a region or district (distinguished from jamboree).
- resistate
-
noun,
any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
- optometer
-
noun,
any of various instruments for measuring the refractive error of an eye.
- Castroism
-
noun,
the political, social, and revolutionary theories and policies advocated by Fidel Castro.
- prostomia
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the head of certain lower invertebrates.
- poetaster
-
noun,
an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- croisette
-
noun,
crossette.
- porticoes
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- crepitate
-
verb (used without object),
to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- creosotes
-
noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- composers
-
noun,
a person or thing that composes.
- composite
-
noun,
something composite; a compound.
- compotier
-
noun,
compote (def 2).
- comprises
-
Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- peristome
-
noun,
Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- cooperate
-
verb (used without object),
to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- potometer
-
noun,
an instrument for measuring the amount of water that a plant loses through transpiration, consisting of a sealed vessel of water with a cutting inserted in such a way that moisture can escape only through absorption and transpiration.
- cooperies
-
noun,
the work of a cooper.
- cooperite
-
noun,
a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.
- copemates
-
noun,
an antagonist; opponent.
- piscators
-
noun,
fisherman.
- copremias
-
noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- smiercase
-
noun,
smearcase.
- petticoat
-
noun,
Also called pettiskirt. an underskirt, especially one that is full and often trimmed and ruffled and of a decorative fabric.
- pettitoes
-
plural noun,
the feet of a pig, especially used as food.
- Coreopsis
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Coreopsis, including familiar garden species having yellow, brownish, or yellow-and-red ray flowers.
- crossette
-
noun,
a projection at a corner of a door or window architrave.
- part-time
-
noun,
a period of time that is less than the usual or full time.
- prostates
-
noun,
prostate gland.
- teratisms
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- casimeres
-
noun,
cassimere.
- cassimere
-
noun,
a twill-weave, worsted suiting fabric, often with a striped pattern.
- Spectator
-
noun,
a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
- osmeteria
-
noun,
a glandular process on the first thoracic segment of many caterpillars that emits a noxious odor to ward off predators.
- promisees
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noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- catteries
-
noun,
a place where cats are kept and bred.
- temptress
-
noun,
a woman who tempts, entices, or allures.
- spectates
-
verb (used without object),
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- ceramists
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- ostracism
-
noun,
exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- Potteries
-
noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- teratosis
-
noun,
teratism (def 2).
- cespitose
-
adjective,
forming mats; growing in dense tufts.
- preatomic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- tesseract
-
noun,
the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.
- testacies
-
noun,
the state of being testate.
- testators
-
noun,
a person who makes a will.
- tocometer
-
noun,
tokodynamometer.
- practises
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Parseeism
-
noun,
the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- Moriscoes
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- corotates
-
verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- Masoretic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- miscreate
-
adjective,
miscreated.
- mesocarps
-
noun,
the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- metascope
-
noun,
a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- acrosomes
-
noun,
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
- mesorecta
-
noun,
the mesentery of the rectum.
- troostite
-
noun,
a microconstituent of hardened and tempered steel, consisting of a very fine aggregate of ferrite and cementite.
- Massorete
-
noun,
Masorete.
- Isocrates
-
noun,
436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- acrotisms
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- sarcosome
-
noun,
a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
- scotopias
-
noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- microstat
-
noun,
a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- steatites
-
noun,
soapstone.
- masteries
-
noun,
command or grasp, as of a subject:
- isomerase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- mistreats
-
verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- trisomes
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- scorpios
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- tristate
-
adjective,
pertaining to a territory made up of three adjoining states:
- Castries
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
- promises
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- trispast
-
noun,
an ancient hoist or hauling device having three blocks.
- promisee
-
noun,
a person to whom a promise is made.
- metrists
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- promotes
-
verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- emirates
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Mariette
-
noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- tempters
-
noun,
a person or thing that tempts, especially to evil.
- ostomies
-
noun,
any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.
- Prescott
-
noun,
Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- spatters
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- sceptres
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- pretests
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- pretties
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- tritomas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- ectopias
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- topcoats
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- cerastes
-
noun,
any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
- teratism
-
noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- ceramist
-
noun,
a person who makes ceramics.
- osteomas
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- Primates
-
noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- spectate
-
verb (used without object),
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- emitters
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- trisects
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- prosaism
-
noun,
prosaic character or style.
- Capriote
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- Protista
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- protists
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- temperas
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- Epicaste
-
noun,
Jocasta.
- scotomas
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- maestoso
-
adjective, adverb,
with majesty; stately (used as a musical direction).
- protests
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- episomes
-
- scotopia
-
noun,
vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- topmasts
-
noun,
the mast next above a lower mast, usually formed as a separate spar from the lower mast and used to support the yards or rigging of a topsail or topsails.
- epitomes
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- strettos
-
noun,
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
- seriemas
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- sericate
-
adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- tempests
-
noun,
a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.
- spectro-
-
- prosaist
-
noun,
a person who writes prose.
- prostate
-
noun,
prostate gland.
- Cassiope
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- premiate
-
verb (used with object),
to grant a prize or an award to.
- prosects
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- strepto-
-
- casimere
-
noun,
cassimere.
- prosomas
-
noun,
an anterior body region, especially the arthropod cephalothorax.
- emprises
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- stomates
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- maestros
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- strettas
-
noun,
a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
- protasis
-
noun,
the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if.
Compare apodosis.
- protease
-
noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- temporo-
-
- protects
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- spectres
-
noun,
specter.
- proteose
-
noun,
any of a class of soluble compounds derived from proteins by the action of the gastric juices, pancreatic juices, etc.
- eastmost
-
adjective,
easternmost.
- copremia
-
noun,
poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- termites
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- comprise
-
Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- Timorese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Timor.
- poetries
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Comtesse
-
noun,
countess.
- titrates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
- somatist
-
noun,
a psychiatrist who considers all mental illnesses to have physical origins.
- Somerset
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- compress
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a soft, cloth pad held in place by a bandage and used to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication.
- meropias
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- Messapic
-
noun,
an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- compotes
-
noun,
fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- composts
-
noun,
a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
- pectates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- scampers
-
noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- composes
-
verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- mesocarp
-
noun,
the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- matrices
-
noun,
something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
- comports
-
noun,
Obsolete. comportment.
- smectite
-
noun,
montmorillonite.
- picrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- picotees
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- tiresome
-
adjective,
causing or liable to cause a person to tire; wearisome:
- piasters
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- tipsters
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- scatters
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- smatters
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- tropisms
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- smarties
-
noun,
a smart aleck.
- piscator
-
noun,
fisherman.
- mattress
-
noun,
a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consisting of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs.
- copemate
-
noun,
an antagonist; opponent.
- Socrates
-
noun,
469?–399 b.c, Athenian philosopher.
- tipcarts
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- composer
-
noun,
a person or thing that composes.
- pectases
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- precasts
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- citrates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- crosette
-
noun,
crossette.
- coasters
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- scooters
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- massicot
-
noun,
monoxide of lead, PbO, in the form of a yellow powder, used as a pigment and drier.
- crosstie
-
noun,
Railroads. a tie.
- masseter
-
noun,
a short, thick, masticatory muscle, the action of which assists in closing the jaws by raising the mandible or lower jaw.
- toasters
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- potatoes
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- practise
-
noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- Masorete
-
noun,
one of the writers or compilers of the Masorah.
- testator
-
noun,
a person who makes a will.
- stomatic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the mouth.
- tomatoes
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- meteoric
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- potestas
-
noun,
the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- potassic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- competes
-
verb (used without object),
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
- compares
-
noun,
comparison:
- comperes
-
noun,
a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- compeers
-
noun,
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- acrosome
-
noun,
an organelle covering the head of animal sperm and containing enzymes that digest the egg cell coating, thus permitting the sperm to enter the egg.
- cremates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- comparts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- creosote
-
noun,
an oily liquid having a burning taste and a penetrating odor, obtained by the distillation of coal and wood tar, used mainly as a preservative for wood and as an antiseptic.
- stomato-
-
- cristate
-
adjective,
having a crest; crested.
- acrotism
-
noun,
absence or weakness of the pulse.
- porticos
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- comatose
-
adjective,
affected with or characterized by coma.
- pastries
-
noun,
a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- posttest
-
noun,
an achievement test administered after a course of instruction.
- crispate
-
adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- coesites
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- striates
-
adjective,
striated.
- cassette
-
noun,
Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems.
See also audiocassette, videocassette.
- campsite
-
noun,
a place used or suitable for camping.
- Esposito
-
noun,
Phil(ip Anthony) born 1942, Canadian ice-hockey player, in the U.S. since 1962.
- Rossetti
-
noun,
Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
- estimate
-
noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- ripostes
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- imprests
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- estampie
-
noun,
a medieval dance and instrumental form, in several repeated sections, associated chiefly with the trouvères.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- teamster
-
noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- impacter
-
noun,
a person or thing that impacts.
- sea-room
-
noun,
unobstructed space at sea in which a vessel can be easily maneuvered or navigated.
- mortises
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- impresas
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- spitters
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- espartos
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- atropism
-
noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- mistreat
-
verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- mortices
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- mistcoat
-
noun,
(in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- attemper
-
verb (used with object),
to modify or moderate by mixing or blending with something different or opposite.
- misstate
-
verb (used with object),
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- attempts
-
noun,
an effort made to accomplish something:
- apomicts
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- tortoise
-
noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- moperies
-
noun,
mopish behavior.
- seamster
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sewing; tailor.
- motorist
-
noun,
a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
- rosettes
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- statices
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- totemite
-
noun,
totemist.
- isostere
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- totemist
-
noun,
a member of a clan, family, or group distinguished by a totem.
- impastes
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- epsomite
-
noun,
the natural form of Epsom salt, Mg 2 SO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, found as a crust in caves and lake deposits.
- M-series
-
noun,
See under M-line.
- stampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- respects
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- traipses
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- estreats
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- importee
-
noun,
an imported person or thing.
- respites
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- asterism
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a group of stars.
a constellation.
- artistes
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- etatisms
-
noun,
state socialism.
- restates
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- semipros
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- impostor
-
noun,
a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- astricts
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- ricottas
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- esoteric
-
adjective,
understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite:
- reposits
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- tearooms
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- roomette
-
noun,
a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
- septimes
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- operates
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- operatic
-
noun,
Usually, operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
- taprooms
-
noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- teatimes
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- amorists
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- spiremes
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- operetta
-
noun,
a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
- racemose
-
adjective,
Botany.
having the form of a raceme.
arranged in racemes.
- amoretto
-
noun,
a little cupid.
- Moriscos
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- camporee
-
noun,
a small camp gathering of boy scouts or girl scouts, usually from a region or district (distinguished from jamboree).
- corotate
-
verb (used without object),
to rotate jointly, as with another rotating object or field.
- steatite
-
noun,
soapstone.
- ipomoeas
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- tapsters
-
noun,
a bartender.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- steamers
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- escapism
-
noun,
the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc.
- tipcart
-
noun,
a cart with a body that can be tipped or tilted to empty it of its contents.
- Picasso
-
noun,
Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
- stopers
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- patties
-
noun,
any item of food covered with dough, batter, etc., and fried or baked:
- impers.
-
- Steptoe
-
noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- isomers
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- picaros
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- soapers
-
noun,
soap opera.
- taproom
-
noun,
a barroom, especially in an inn or hotel; bar.
- cremate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- somites
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Meropes
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- patters
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- coterie
-
noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- soirees
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- stearo-
-
- impacts
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- stators
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- pasties
-
noun,
pasties, a pair of small, cuplike coverings for the nipples of a stripper, nude model, etc.
- pastime
-
noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- pastose
-
adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impasse
-
noun,
a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- Patmore
-
noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- pesetas
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- meropia
-
noun,
partial blindness.
- cresset
-
noun,
a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
- patriot
-
noun,
a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- patsies
-
noun,
a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- impaste
-
verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- Mercast
-
noun,
a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
- mortise
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- strati-
-
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- tierces
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- somato-
-
- steato-
-
- mostest
-
adjective, noun,
most.
- tipcats
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- impress
-
noun,
the act of impressing.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- costars
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- petites
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- taproot
-
noun,
a main root descending downward from the radicle and giving off small lateral roots.
- persist
-
verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- tapster
-
noun,
a bartender.
- Ipomoea
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Ipomoea, of the morning glory family, certain species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flowers.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- Socotra
-
noun,
an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- creates
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- mastics
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- imposes
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- pectate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- mortice
-
noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- creases
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- Matisse
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
- Messier
-
noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1730–1817, French astronomer.
- imposts
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- pesters
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- mercies
-
noun,
compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence:
- Tampico
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- impresa
-
noun,
a device or emblem.
- costers
-
noun,
costermonger.
- costate
-
adjective,
Anatomy. having ribs.
- Petsamo
-
noun,
Finnish name of Pechenga.
- somatic
-
adjective,
of the body; bodily; physical.
- starets
-
noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- pasters
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- stomate
-
noun,
stoma (def 1).
- empties
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- escapes
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- stretta
-
noun,
a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
- escarps
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escorts
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- emprise
-
noun,
an adventurous enterprise.
- EMPRESS
-
noun,
a female ruler of an empire.
- Emporia
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- tearoom
-
noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Morisco
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- teapots
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- stomat-
-
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- misstep
-
noun,
a wrong step.
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- osmatic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sense of smell.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- emirate
-
noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Tempter
-
noun,
a person or thing that tempts, especially to evil.
- streets
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- esprits
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- spireme
-
noun,
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
- spireas
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- emetics
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- tempera
-
noun,
a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- spermic
-
adjective,
spermatic.
- miscast
-
verb (used with object),
to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
- epitome
-
noun,
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class:
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- spermo-
-
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- episome
-
noun,
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
- operose
-
adjective,
industrious, as a person.
- epimers
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- stripes
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stretto
-
noun,
the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- tempers
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- TEMPEST
-
noun,
a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.
- teatime
-
noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- misease
-
noun,
Archaic. discomfort; distress; suffering.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- spicate
-
adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- sorites
-
noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- mascots
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- parotic
-
adjective,
situated about or near the ear.
- stactes
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- Tampere
-
noun,
a city in SW Finland.
- testate
-
adjective,
having made and left a valid will.
- stamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- testers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- parsecs
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- tasters
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Maspero
-
noun,
Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- tampers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- paresis
-
noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- partite
-
noun,
an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- isotope
-
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.
- strato-
-
- staters
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Statice
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Limonium, of the leadwort family, having clusters of variously colored flowers that retain their color when dried.
- statics
-
noun,
the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
- statism
-
noun,
the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the cost of individual liberty.
- statist
-
noun,
an advocate of statism.
- tetters
-
noun,
(not in technical use) any of various eruptive skin diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- mottoes
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- tatters
-
noun,
a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- Ossetia
-
noun,
a region in Caucasia: divided between North Ossetia of the Russian Federation and the South Ossetian Autonomous Region of the Georgian Republic.
- metisse
-
noun,
a woman of mixed ancestry.
- Ossetic
-
noun,
the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Ossets.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- metopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- metopes
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- ectopia
-
noun,
the usually congenital displacement of an organ or part.
- spriest
-
adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- stereo-
-
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- species
-
noun,
a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- tattoos
-
noun,
a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
- spatter
-
noun,
the act or the sound of spattering:
- tercets
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- spastic
-
noun,
Pathology. a person exhibiting spasms.
- sprites
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- streams
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- corsets
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- pretest
-
noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- cermets
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- precise
-
adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- cesspit
-
noun,
a pit for receiving wastes, as sewage, or other refuse.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- septets
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- tomtate
-
noun,
a grunt, Haemulon aurolineatum, inhabiting waters off the West Indies and Florida.
- premise
-
noun,
Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- screams
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- presets
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- amperes
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- precess
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo precession (def 2).
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- cerises
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- tricots
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- septime
-
noun,
the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- prestos
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- cerato-
-
- cerates
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- aristo-
-
- septate
-
adjective,
divided by a septum or septa.
- scrapie
-
noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- tomtits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- praises
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- scotoma
-
noun,
loss of vision in a part of the visual field; blind spot.
- potsies
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- campers
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- citrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- attests
-
noun,
Archaic. witness; testimony; attestation.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- simpers
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- toecaps
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- secrets
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- attrite
-
adjective,
Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- scrapes
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- tomcats
-
noun,
a male cat.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- precast
-
adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- priests
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primate
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- ricotta
-
noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- scrimps
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- carpets
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- protist
-
noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- camises
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- Siamese
-
noun,
a native of Siam.
- racemes
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- topmast
-
noun,
the mast next above a lower mast, usually formed as a separate spar from the lower mast and used to support the yards or rigging of a topsail or topsails.
- apomict
-
noun,
an organism produced by apomixis.
- scroops
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- Script.
-
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- apricot
-
noun,
the downy, yellow, sometimes rosy fruit, somewhat resembling a small peach, of the tree Prunus armeniaca.
- pteroma
-
noun,
pteron.
- rootcap
-
noun,
the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- capette
-
noun,
caponette.
- treetop
-
noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- seriema
-
noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- topmost
-
adjective,
highest; uppermost.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Serapis
-
noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- prostas
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- Rameses
-
noun,
Ramses (def 1).
- racists
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- Tootsie
-
noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- Ariosto
-
noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- topcoat
-
noun,
a lightweight overcoat.
- ariosos
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- process
-
noun,
a systematic series of actions directed to some end:
- catties
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to about 1½ pounds (680 grams) avoirdupois.
- procto-
-
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- prosoma
-
noun,
an anterior body region, especially the arthropod cephalothorax.
- castors
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- promote
-
verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- casters
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- prosaic
-
adjective,
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative:
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Cassite
-
noun,
Kassite.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- racisms
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- attempt
-
noun,
an effort made to accomplish something:
- amerces
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- sitcoms
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- astrict
-
verb (used with object),
to bind fast; constrain.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- poesies
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- coopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- poetess
-
noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- scooter
-
noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- actress
-
noun,
a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
- tosspot
-
noun,
a tippler; drunkard.
- titrate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to ascertain the quantity of a given constituent by adding a liquid reagent of known strength and measuring the volume necessary to convert the constituent to another form.
- recites
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- totters
-
noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- trompes
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- resects
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- Potomac
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- poisers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- sapotes
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- scamper
-
noun,
a scampering; a quick run.
- scapose
-
adjective,
having scapes; consisting of a scape.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- pierces
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- semaise
-
noun,
cymaise.
- coremia
-
noun,
the fruiting bodies of certain fungi, consisting of a loosely bound bundle of conidiophores.
- remotes
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- aspires
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- scatter
-
noun,
the act of scattering.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- seismo-
-
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- asperse
-
verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- remises
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- sematic
-
adjective,
serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
- smatter
-
noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- atiptoe
-
adverb, adjective,
standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
- serapes
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- pomaces
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- Tritoma
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Kniphofia, of the lily family, native to Africa, especially K. uvaria, having long, dense clusters of tubular red or yellow flowers.
- atomics
-
noun,
the branch of physics that deals with atoms, especially atomic energy.
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- comates
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- scoters
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- posters
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- semites
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- titters
-
noun,
a tittering laugh.
- coesite
-
noun,
a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
- scotias
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- potamic
-
adjective,
of or relating to rivers.
- Scotism
-
noun,
the set of doctrines of Duns Scotus.
- Atropos
-
noun,
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- recasts
-
noun,
a recasting.
- compar.
-
- compost
-
noun,
a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
- Samoset
-
noun,
died 1653? North American Indian leader: aided Pilgrims during early years in New England.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- compose
-
verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- compete
-
verb (used without object),
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie:
- samites
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- compere
-
noun,
a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- compeer
-
noun,
an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- compass
-
noun,
an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.
- comport
-
noun,
Obsolete. comportment.
- respect
-
noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- ascites
-
noun,
accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
- compote
-
noun,
fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- compart
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or mark out in parts; subdivide.
- compare
-
noun,
comparison:
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- scrips
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- static
-
noun,
Electricity.
static or atmospheric electricity.
interference due to such electricity.
- Mosaic
-
noun,
a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- Romaic
-
noun,
demotic (def 5).
- mottos
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- steams
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- sarco-
-
- Scopas
-
noun,
flourished 4th century b.c, Greek sculptor and architect.
- sapro-
-
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- meteor
-
noun,
Astronomy.
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Scopes
-
noun,
John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scoots
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- Metope
-
noun,
any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
- scores
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- metro-
-
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- scarts
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- scatts
-
noun,
scat5 .
- Mercia
-
noun,
an early English kingdom in central Britain.
- Stoops
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- scato-
-
- Merope
-
noun,
a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- scarps
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- stomps
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scamps
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scampi
-
noun,
a large shrimp or prawn.
- SCOOPS
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- sacro-
-
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- steres
-
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- Moerae
-
plural noun,
the Fates.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- scrims
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- roosts
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rooses
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Scotts
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stoics
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- scoto-
-
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- stoats
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- micro-
-
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- scrams
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- scream
-
noun,
a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- spiro-
-
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastes
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- potato
-
noun,
Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- patri-
-
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- patter
-
noun,
a rapid succession of light tapping sounds:
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- sopors
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- passim
-
adverb,
here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited.
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- spaces
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- paseos
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- pottos
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- socio-
-
- piscos
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Pisces
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- smears
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- petro-
-
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- picaro
-
noun,
a rogue or vagabond.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- picro-
-
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- somat-
-
- Somers
-
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- pomace
-
noun,
the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- spoors
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- sempre
-
adverb,
throughout.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Ramses
-
noun,
the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- sporo-
-
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- remote
-
noun,
Radio and Television. a broadcast, usually live, from a location outside a studio.
- stapes
-
noun,
the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear.
Also called stirrup.
Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- Stamps
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- stacte
-
noun,
one of the sweet spices used in the holy incense of the ancient Hebrews. Ex. 30:34.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- sports
-
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.
- sprits
-
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.
- rectos
-
- recti-
-
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- promos
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- osmics
-
noun,
the science dealing with the sense of smell.
- osmose
-
noun,
osmosis.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- oscars
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- osteo-
-
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- Spears
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- racism
-
noun,
a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- serosa
-
noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- spicas
-
noun,
spike2 .
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- raceme
-
noun,
a simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on short pedicels lying along a common axis, as in the lily of the valley.
- sperms
-
noun,
semen.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- proto-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ptero-
-
- sperm-
-
- sesame
-
noun,
a tropical, herbaceous plant, Sesamum indicum, whose small oval seeds are edible and yield an oil.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- mecate
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a rope made of horsehair or sometimes maguey.
- septi-
-
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- camper
-
noun,
a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- camote
-
noun,
batata.
- camise
-
noun,
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
- cameos
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- emesis
-
noun,
vomitus.
- tempts
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- emetic
-
noun,
an emetic medicine or agent.
- emotes
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- Empire
-
noun,
a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- epimer
-
noun,
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- temper
-
noun,
a particular state of mind or feelings.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- attest
-
noun,
Archaic. witness; testimony; attestation.
- Campos
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.
- terat-
-
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- carpo-
-
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- caroms
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tercet
-
noun,
Prosody. a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- torses
-
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.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ascots
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- estocs
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- totter
-
noun,
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- tattoo
-
noun,
a signal on a drum, bugle, or trumpet at night, for soldiers or sailors to go to their quarters.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tattie
-
noun,
tatty2 .
- tatter
-
noun,
a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- aspics
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- iatro-
-
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- tarso-
-
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- atopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to atopy.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- torsos
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- atomic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs:
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- eroto-
-
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- astro-
-
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- teapot
-
noun,
a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- assoc.
-
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- IMPACT
-
noun,
the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision:
- toasts
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- coasts
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- corses
-
noun,
corpse.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- cosets
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- cosies
-
noun,
a padded covering for a teapot, chocolate pot, etc., to retain the heat.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- cosmo-
-
- COSMOS
-
noun,
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
- cosset
-
noun,
a lamb brought up without its dam; pet lamb.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- cossie
-
noun,
a bathing suit; bathers.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- tomato
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- COMSAT
-
noun,
(often lowercase) a communications satellite.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- compts
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- compos
-
noun,
composition material.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copro-
-
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- copses
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Tissot
-
noun,
James Joseph Jacques [zham zhaw-zef zhahk,, zheymz] /ʒam ʒɔˈzɛf ʒɑk,, ʒeɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1836–1902, French painter.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- comate
-
noun,
a mate or companion.
- titter
-
noun,
a tittering laugh.
- costo-
-
- tipcat
-
noun,
a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- cross-
-
- Crimea
-
noun,
the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- castes
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- crisps
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Crosse
-
noun,
a long-handled racket used in the game of lacrosse.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- tetter
-
noun,
(not in technical use) any of various eruptive skin diseases, as herpes, eczema, and impetigo.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- crests
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- tomcat
-
noun,
a male cat.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cottas
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- cestas
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- CERMET
-
noun,
a durable, heat-resistant alloy formed by compacting and sintering a metal and a ceramic substance, used under conditions of high temperature and stress.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- creams
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- tomtit
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- cerat-
-
- cremes
-
noun,
cream.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- cooees
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Mascot
-
noun,
an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- masers
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- Maceio
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- aceto-
-
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Aomori
-
noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Marcos
-
noun,
Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
- masto-
-
- Marcie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marcia.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- across
-
adverb,
from one side to another.
- Mastic
-
noun,
Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Ampere
-
noun,
the basic unit of electrical current in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one coulomb per second, formally defined to be the constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section, and placed one meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 × 10 −7 newton per meter of length. Abbreviation: A, amp.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- matri-
-
- 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.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- acmite
-
noun,
a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
- amices
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- 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.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- impose
-
Verb phrases,
impose on/upon,
to thrust oneself offensively upon others; intrude.
to take unfair advantage of; misuse (influence, friendship, etc.).
to defraud; cheat; deceive:
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- imper.
-
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- macers
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tropo-
-
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- isopor
-
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.
- AmerSp
-
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- amerce
-
verb (used with object),
to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- MAeroE
-
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- macro-
-
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- cero-
-
- aeri-
-
- cert.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- pret.
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Pres.
-
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- aero-
-
- sarc-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- samps
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- scops
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- pros.
-
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceram
-
noun,
an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
- prim.
-
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- toots
-
noun,
an affectionate or familiar term of address; honey; baby (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prom.
-
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- proc.
-
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- acet-
-
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- poss.
-
- acmes
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- post-
-
- COMAS
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- scams
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- comet
-
noun,
a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- scat-
-
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- scatt
-
noun,
scat5 .
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- 30-30
-
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Comr.
-
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- pomes
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- 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.
- comp.
-
- Pomos
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- scats
-
noun,
scat singing.
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- compo
-
noun,
composition material.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Port.
-
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- prem.
-
- Pratt
-
noun,
Edwin John, 1883–1964, Canadian poet.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- actos
-
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- acpt.
-
- 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.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- SCAMP
-
noun,
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- trop-
-
- acro-
-
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- Coamo
-
noun,
a city in S central Puerto Rico.
- potto
-
noun,
any of several lorislike, African lemurs of the genera Perodicticus and Arctocebus, especially P. potto, having a short tail and vestigial index fingers.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- cists
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- prae-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- 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.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- semi-
-
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- asst.
-
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- areo-
-
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- treas
-
- rect.
-
- recpt
-
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- 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.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- atmo-
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- recip
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Recit
-
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- asco-
-
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- secos
-
noun,
sekos.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- seems
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sect.
-
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- resp.
-
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- seams
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- rept.
-
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- toti-
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Apoc.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Capt.
-
- seti-
-
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- caps.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- sero-
-
- SCRAM
-
noun,
the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- SCOTS
-
noun,
Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland.
Compare Scots Gaelic.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Prot.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Scot.
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Amer.
-
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- carom
-
noun,
Billiards, Pool. a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession.
- Carme
-
noun,
a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- 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.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- AMICE
-
noun,
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
- topo-
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- atto-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Sept.
-
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rcpt.
-
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Seric
-
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- AMORC
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- camps
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Campo
-
noun,
(in South America) an extensive, nearly level grassland plain.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- camis
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- cames
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- Cameo
-
noun,
a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- 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.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- 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.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stat.
-
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Srta.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- IATSE
-
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- 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.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Moses
-
noun,
the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- MPers
-
- mosso
-
adjective,
rapid; fast.
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- MOTOS
-
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- motte
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- motto
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- octa-
-
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Epist
-
- opsis
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- opto-
-
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- temp.
-
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Tempe
-
noun,
Vale of, a valley in E Greece, in Thessaly, between Mounts Olympus and Ossa.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Episc
-
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Epis.
-
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- emote
-
verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- octo-
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- spor-
-
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Spoor
-
noun,
a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spoom
-
noun,
a kind of sherbet made from fruit juice or wine, mixed after freezing with uncooked meringue.
- ESPEC
-
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- tears
-
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spies
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- peri-
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- OPers
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- mast-
-
- masse
-
noun,
a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- masc.
-
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Maroc
-
noun,
French name of Morocco.
- stome
-
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- metr-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- marcs
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- meta-
-
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- micas
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- McRae
-
noun,
Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
- 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.
- Merca
-
noun,
a city in S Somalia.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- mero-
-
- Meroe
-
noun,
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- Matt.
-
- matr-
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- mesas
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- meso-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- micra
-
noun,
a plural of micron.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- step-
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- tacts
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- ster.
-
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- maces
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- macer
-
noun,
macebearer.
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- misc.
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- miso-
-
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Miss.
-
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- cream
-
noun,
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- crams
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- cramp
-
noun,
Often, cramps.
a sudden, involuntary, spasmodic contraction of a muscle or group of muscles, especially of the extremities, sometimes with severe pain.
a piercing pain in the abdomen.
an intermittent, painful contraction of structures of a wall containing involuntary muscle, as in biliary colic or in the uterine contractions of menstruation or of labor.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- pert.
-
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- 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.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- crime
-
noun,
an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- crim.
-
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- patr-
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Patti
-
noun,
Adelina [ah-de-lee-nah] /ˌɑ dɛˈli nɑ/ (Show IPA), (Adela Juana Maria Patti) 1843–1919, Italian operatic soprano, born in Spain.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- soots
-
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.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- creme
-
noun,
cream.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- sito-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Pitta
-
noun,
any of several brilliantly colored, passerine birds of the family Pittidae, inhabiting dark, Old World, tropical forests.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- poet.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- coop.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- peta-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- costs
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petri
-
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- pico-
-
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corp.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- cores
-
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- crit.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- pari-
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- spec.
-
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- ecto-
-
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- part.
-
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- term.
-
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- spasm
-
noun,
Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- osmo-
-
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- pass.
-
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- oste-
-
- tera-
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- trit
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- ter.
-
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- SMTP
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SPCA
-
- SMSA
-
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tit.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- str.
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sec.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Sra.
-
- Ste.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SRAM
-
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- top-
-
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Tasm
-
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- scr.
-
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Sem.
-
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tri-
-
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 1080
-
- sci.
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mac-
-
- Mace
-
noun,
a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
- maco
-
noun,
an Egyptian cotton, used especially in the manufacture of hosiery and undergarments.
- macs
-
noun,
fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mar.
-
- MARC
-
noun,
the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- MCPO
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- mes-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MEPA
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ESIS
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- etc.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Imp.
-
- IMCO
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ICAO
-
- ette
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- MSPE
-
- MSSc
-
- MSTS
-
- OAPC
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- MSEE
-
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opia
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- MSIE
-
- msec
-
- mica
-
noun,
any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- mis-
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- MIPS
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- MSCP
-
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- MSCE
-
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MOpt
-
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- ASME
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- ASTM
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Cami
-
noun,
camisole (def 1).
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cap.
-
- cams
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- CAMP
-
noun,
a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
- Came
-
noun,
a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
- att.
-
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- atic
-
- ates
-
- atm.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acr-
-
- acme
-
noun,
the highest point; summit; peak:
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- amic
-
adjective,
of or relating to an amide or amine.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- amt.
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- amp.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Emp.
-
- ctr.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- corm
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- Cort
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- coss
-
noun,
kos.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- CRAM
-
noun,
Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- cts.
-
- Cor.
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- emia
-
- EMet
-
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EEOC
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ect-
-
- eco-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Ceto
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cir.
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cat.
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- coma
-
noun,
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- Com.
-
- cis-
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- osis
-
- Mic.
-
- RCMP
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- 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.
- Rom.
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- 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.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- pct.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Pers
-
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- pro-
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pre-
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- prec
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- psec
-
- psia
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- pot.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rep.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- oto-
-
- Sam.
-
- pam.
-
- rpt.
-
- Sat.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- par.
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- scam
-
noun,
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- SASE
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- CPR
-
- ACS
-
- sc.
-
- AIC
-
- CPO
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- CPM
-
- ACP
-
- Tro
-
- CPS
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CPI
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- REA
-
- AEC
-
- RCT
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- RCA
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ae.
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- CPA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- CRT
-
- SCM
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- TSI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- RPS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECM
-
- RMA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- TSS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- RCP
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Ar.
-
- CSO
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TIA
-
- trp
-
- ac-
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ap-
-
- CSA
-
- CSR
-
- EAM
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- CST
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Am.
-
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- TSE
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SAR
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- cp.
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- RPM
-
- ct.
-
- CAI
-
- RPO
-
- CAM
-
noun,
Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- se-
-
- Co.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SCP
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Rs.
-
- ROI
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- RSA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ARS
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- RSS
-
- TPI
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ast
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ROP
-
- ASM
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- at.
-
- TPM
-
- ca.
-
- Tpr
-
- ATC
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- SCS
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- RSE
-
- APS
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- AME
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- AMC
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- CIM
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- CIP
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAE
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASR
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CMA
-
- TMO
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- rt.
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ROA
-
- RMC
-
- APC
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- aor
-
- AMS
-
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- SRO
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- ote
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- TTS
-
- PCM
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- PCS
-
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PCI
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- MTO
-
- MTP
-
- MTS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- MOR
-
- SSM
-
- MIE
-
- SMA
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MEP
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- EMR
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SMS
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- MIP
-
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- STM
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- MIT
-
- STI
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- SSR
-
- SSI
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- OOT
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- OPM
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Om.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OTS
-
- ose
-
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OIt
-
- SSE
-
- OAP
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- Oc.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- OTC
-
- OAO
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- SPR
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCR
-
- OCS
-
- OEM
-
- OEO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PIO
-
- MCR
-
- Ia.
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- PSA
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ics
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- IAS
-
- PSC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ier
-
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- IPA
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- IPM
-
- IPO
-
- ipr
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ir.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- PTT
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ESR
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- PSS
-
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- OTA
-
- PSE
-
- IPS
-
- PRC
-
- IRC
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- POA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- POC
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mao
-
- PRA
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Mo.
-
- POR
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- MSC
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ISA
-
- STP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ise
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- MCP
-
- ISR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ist
-
- MCI
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- ITA
-
- IRS
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- PMT
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- IRO
-
- TT
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RC
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- AO
-
- RI
-
- R.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CM
-
- SA
-
- O.
-
- TP
-
- IP
-
- RP
-
- RO
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TM
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- S.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OA
-
- SM
-
- MP
-
- M.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TC
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- t.
-
- CE
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.