Anagrams of proteases
Word proteases has
640 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of proteases.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- espartos
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- Orestes
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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.
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- pesetas
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- prestos
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- stereo-
-
- poetess
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noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- presets
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- sapotes
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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.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- prostas
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noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- pasters
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- easters
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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.
- posters
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- soapers
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noun,
soap opera.
- pastose
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adjective,
having a heavy impasto.
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- asperse
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verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- stearo-
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- serapes
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- petro-
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- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- spares
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noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- etapes
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noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- teases
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noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- estops
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- esters
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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 .
- speers
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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.
- resets
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- posset
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noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- erases
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verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- poster
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noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Petras
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- peseta
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noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- tarso-
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- sproat
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noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- paseos
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noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- paster
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noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastes
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noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- parses
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verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Parsee
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noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- pastor
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noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- paters
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- stores
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noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- rosets
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- Stopes
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noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- streps
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noun,
streptococcus.
- strops
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- sprats
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noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- sports
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noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- roasts
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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.
- tapers
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noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- perses
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noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- sapors
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noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sapote
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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.
- stoper
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- sapro-
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- Pesaro
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noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- potass
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noun,
potash.
- sarees
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noun,
sari.
- pester
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Spears
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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.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Passer
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noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- preset
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noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- astro-
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- presto
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noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- prests
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noun,
a loan.
- setose
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adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- assort
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verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- repose
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noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- assert
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Aspers
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noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- trapes
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Soares
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noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- steres
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- torses
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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.
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- repast
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noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- ptero-
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- repass
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verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- steers
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- steeps
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- tropes
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noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- reests
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Aerope
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noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- stares
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- sparse
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adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- stapes
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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.
- serosa
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noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- soaper
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noun,
soap opera.
- prases
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- topers
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noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- serape
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- repots
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Easter
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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.
- topees
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- ropes
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noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- peres
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noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Peers
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noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- posse
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noun,
posse comitatus.
- step-
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- peats
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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.
- post-
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- Pease
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noun,
a pea.
- prate
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noun,
act of prating.
- peart
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adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- steer
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noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- ster.
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- Pears
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noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- poss.
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- Steep
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noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- stoas
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noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- roset
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noun,
resin; rosin.
- Pasto
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noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- rates
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noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rotas
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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.
- paste
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noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- reaps
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verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- stare
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noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- rasps
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noun,
an act of rasping.
- rases
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verb (used with object),
raze.
- praos
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noun,
proa.
- psora
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noun,
psoriasis.
- prase
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noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- posts
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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.
- Rosse
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noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Pater
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noun,
British Informal. father.
- reest
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verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- pates
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noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- rapes
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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.
- patr-
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- Perse
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noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- pert.
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- psoas
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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.
- Port.
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- rests
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noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- petos
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noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- ports
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noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Petra
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noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- preta
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noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
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- repot
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verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Peter
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noun,
penis.
- prees
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noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pores
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noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- stope
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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.
- prest
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noun,
a loan.
- Press
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noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- resp.
-
- poet.
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- Pres.
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- prats
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noun,
the buttocks.
- peta-
-
- presa
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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.
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- poses
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noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Passe
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noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- Prot.
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- prost
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interjection,
prosit.
- pross
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noun,
prostitute.
- poser
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noun,
a person who poses.
- Prato
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noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- reset
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noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- SPARS
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noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- roast
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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.
- pesos
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pros.
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- proas
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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.
- rept.
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- repos
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noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pesto
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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.
- pests
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noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- prae-
-
- strop
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noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- pass.
-
- seats
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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.
- Sept.
-
- soras
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noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- seers
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noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sores
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noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- erase
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verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- seeps
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noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- erose
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adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- apses
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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.
- tera-
-
- areo-
-
- SEATO
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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.
- trop-
-
- Sears
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noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- Speer
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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.
- 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 .
- Estes
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noun,
a male given name.
- estop
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verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- topee
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noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- 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.
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- 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.
- 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.
- asset
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noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- asst.
-
- aster
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- 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.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- septs
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noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- aport
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adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- tears
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- aero-
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- oste-
-
- Spree
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noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Srta.
-
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 30-30
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- 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.
- 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.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- 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.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- 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.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- 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.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- spor-
-
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- OPers
-
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rep.
-
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- rpt.
-
- Sra.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- 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.
- 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.
- SASE
-
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- 1080
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- 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.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- top-
-
- 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.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 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.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- 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.
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- 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.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- ates
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- ator
-
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- 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.
- 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.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- pre-
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Pers
-
- pro-
-
- 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.
- prs.
-
- PSAT
-
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- pts.
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pet.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- str.
-
- par.
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- 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.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- per.
-
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- trp
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tro
-
- SSA
-
- SPR
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- Sr.
-
- SRS
-
- SSE
-
- STP
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- SSR
-
- tra
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- Sta
-
- ss.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- St.
-
- SST
-
- PSA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- OAP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- op.
-
- OSA
-
- 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.
- EPT
-
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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.
- ose
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPS
-
- ote
-
- ASR
-
- ap-
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- aor
-
- 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.
- APS
-
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- ase
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- EPA
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEO
-
- EOE
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- OTA
-
- OSP
-
- TSS
-
- rte
-
- 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.
- REA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- 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.
- ROA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROP
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- So.
-
- Sp.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- 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).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- PRA
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pes
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noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- POA
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- RPS
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- POR
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- POE
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noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- Re.
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- PSE
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- PSS
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- PST
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interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- R.
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- A.
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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.
- t.
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
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- RO
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- SA
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- S.
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- RP
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- TP
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- T1
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