Anagrams of protectionism
Word protectionism has
1853 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of protectionism.
- competition
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noun,
the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc.:
- isentropic
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adjective,
having a constant entropy.
- monitories
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noun,
Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
- Protection
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noun,
the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- competitor
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noun,
a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- reposition
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noun,
the act of depositing or storing.
- introspect
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verb (used with object),
to look into or examine (one's own mind, feelings, etc.).
- stenotopic
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adjective,
(of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- positioner
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noun,
a person or thing that positions.
- compotiers
-
noun,
compote (def 2).
- inotropic
-
adjective,
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- entoproct
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noun,
any of various sessile, chiefly marine, mosslike animals of the phylum Entoprocta (formerly a subphylum of Bryophyta), occasionally solitary polyps but usually forming branching colonies, each individual polyp having an almost closed ring of tentacles within which lie the mouth and anus.
- intromits
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verb (used with object),
to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- remotions
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- sortition
-
noun,
the casting or drawing of lots.
- cortisone
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noun,
Biochemistry. a steroid hormone of the adrenal cortex, C 21 H 28 O 5 , active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- porticoes
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noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- point-set
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adjective,
(of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- poimenics
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noun,
pastoral theology.
- intermits
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- impsonite
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noun,
a black variety of asphaltite with a jagged fracture.
- isotropic
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adjective,
Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes.
Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- coronitis
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noun,
inflammation of the coronary cushion of hoofed animals.
- proctitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- precision
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noun,
the state or quality of being precise.
- tectonism
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noun,
diastrophism (def 1).
- intercoms
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- cornetist
-
noun,
a musician who plays the cornet.
- orpiments
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- Petrinism
-
noun,
the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- tricotine
-
noun,
cavalry twill.
- inspector
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noun,
a person who inspects.
- compotier
-
noun,
compote (def 2).
- striction
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noun,
the act of constricting.
- posttonic
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adjective,
immediately following a stressed syllable:
- pimientos
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- cretinism
-
noun,
a congenital disease due to absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and mental retardation, and often by goiter.
- economist
-
noun,
a specialist in economics.
- composite
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noun,
something composite; a compound.
- epitomist
-
noun,
a person who writes an epitome.
- impotents
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adjective,
not potent; lacking power or ability.
- petitions
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noun,
a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit:
- microtone
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noun,
any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- poeticism
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noun,
a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- eroticism
-
noun,
the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
- isometric
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noun,
isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- stonecrop
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noun,
any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- opticist
-
noun,
a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- promotes
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verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- Poitiers
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- tompions
-
noun,
tampion.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- potstone
-
noun,
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- contorts
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- Pointers
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Rosemont
-
noun,
a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- contempt
-
noun,
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- contemp.
-
- Peronist
-
noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- Montrose
-
noun,
James Graham, Marquis of, 1612–50, Scottish supporter of Charles I.
- moonrise
-
noun,
the rising of the moon above the horizon.
- conspire
-
verb (used with object),
to plot (something wrong, evil, or illegal).
- petition
-
noun,
a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit:
- spectro-
-
- nepotism
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noun,
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
- mesotron
-
noun,
(no longer in technical use) meson.
- Crompton
-
noun,
Samuel, 1753–1827, English inventor of the spinning mule.
- metritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the uterus.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- Peronism
-
noun,
the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- tortoise
-
noun,
a turtle, especially a terrestrial turtle.
- 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.
- 11-point
-
- empoison
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verb (used with object),
to corrupt:
- empirics
-
noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- primines
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- position
-
noun,
condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- crinites
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- porticos
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- emiction
-
noun,
urination.
- positron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- Scorpion
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.
- torments
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noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- Prescott
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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.
- monitors
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- tortonis
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noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- orpiment
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- spittoon
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noun,
a cuspidor.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- tonetics
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- optimist
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noun,
an optimistic person.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- semiotic
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noun,
semiotics.
- strepto-
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- pentomic
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adjective,
pertaining to or characterizing the organization of an army division into five groups, each with supporting units, geared to maneuver in keeping with the requirements of atomic warfare.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- protects
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verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- motorist
-
noun,
a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
- misprint
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noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- portents
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noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- corpsmen
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noun,
U.S. Navy. an enlisted person working as a pharmacist or hospital assistant.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- monteros
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- comprise
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Idioms,
be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
- recision
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noun,
an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- pimiento
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noun,
the ripe, red, mild-flavored fruit of the sweet or bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, used as a vegetable, relish, to stuff olives, etc.
- trisomic
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adjective,
having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number.
- meristic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or divided into segments or somites.
- introits
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- sermonic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- pi-meson
-
noun,
pion.
- citterns
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- pimentos
-
noun,
pimiento.
- ionomers
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- centrist
-
noun,
(especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- tenorist
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noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- incomers
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- omicrons
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noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- Tritonis
-
noun,
(in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- compotes
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noun,
fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- intercom
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noun,
an intercommunication system.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- nitroso-
-
- one-spot
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noun,
the upward face of a die bearing one pip or a domino one half of which bears one pip.
- intermit
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- termitic
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, produced by, or infested with termites.
- McIntire
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noun,
Samuel, 1757–1811, U.S. architect and woodcarver.
- ten-spot
-
noun,
a playing card the face of which bears ten pips.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- soricine
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adjective,
of or resembling the shrews.
- centimos
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noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- intromit
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verb (used with object),
to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.
- composer
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noun,
a person or thing that composes.
- imprints
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noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- isotonic
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adjective,
Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure.
Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- comports
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noun,
Obsolete. comportment.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- temporo-
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- imprison
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- isomeric
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adjective,
of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- impotent
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noun,
an impotent person:
- coitions
-
noun,
coitus.
- impostor
-
noun,
a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- comities
-
noun,
mutual courtesy; civility.
- sorption
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noun,
the state or process of being sorbed.
- crotons
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- montero
-
noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Ionesco
-
noun,
Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- potties
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- topmost
-
adjective,
highest; uppermost.
- postmen
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- Empirin
-
- 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.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- pincers
-
noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- irenics
-
noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- torment
-
noun,
a state of great bodily or mental suffering; agony; misery.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- potions
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- torsion
-
noun,
the act of twisting.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- tortoni
-
noun,
ice cream made with eggs and heavy cream, often containing chopped cherries or topped with minced almonds or crumbled macaroons.
- piscine
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- ionomer
-
noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Pimento
-
noun,
pimiento.
- Scorpio
-
noun,
Astronomy. Scorpius.
- emotion
-
noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- isotone
-
noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- tin-pot
-
adjective,
inferior; paltry; shoddy.
- empiric
-
noun,
a person who follows an empirical method.
- 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.
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- Introit
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- Titoism
-
noun,
a form of communism associated with Tito, characterized by the assertion by a satellite state of its national interests in opposition to Soviet rule.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- pocosin
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh in an upland coastal region.
- incomes
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- Tompion
-
noun,
tampion.
- microns
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- incomer
-
noun,
a person who comes in.
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- incisor
-
noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- incepts
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Pitocin
-
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- titmice
-
noun,
any of numerous, widely distributed, small songbirds of the family Paridae, especially of the genus Parus, having soft, thick plumage and a short, stout, conical bill.
- poietic
-
- poetics
-
noun,
literary criticism treating of the nature and laws of poetry.
- imprint
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- impers.
-
- metopic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the forehead; frontal.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impones
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- petitor
-
noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- tonetic
-
noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- pectins
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- entomo-
-
- entopic
-
adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- portent
-
noun,
an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- porions
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- miscite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to misquote.
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- Tootsie
-
noun,
a sweetheart; darling.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- miotics
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- Ericson
-
noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- eristic
-
noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- erosion
-
noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inspect
-
verb (used with object),
to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically:
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- risotto
-
noun,
a dish of rice cooked with broth and flavored with grated cheese and other ingredients.
- Menotti
-
noun,
Gian Carlo [jahn kahr-loh;; Italian jahn kahr-law] /dʒɑn ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian dʒɑn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–2007, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- cronies
-
noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- operons
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- conster
-
verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- consort
-
noun,
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- spermo-
-
- spermic
-
adjective,
spermatic.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- protect
-
verb (used with object),
to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- Semitic
-
noun,
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
- Compton
-
noun,
Arthur Holly [hol-ee] /ˈhɒl i/ (Show IPA), 1892–1962, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1927.
- compote
-
noun,
fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- compost
-
noun,
a mixture of various decaying organic substances, as dead leaves or manure, used for fertilizing soil.
- compose
-
verb (used with object),
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements:
- comport
-
noun,
Obsolete. comportment.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- constr.
-
- contest
-
noun,
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- Comorin
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.
- sporont
-
noun,
(in the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) an encysted spore developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- mottoes
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- copiers
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- spotter
-
noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- procto-
-
- orceins
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- promise
-
noun,
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
- contort
-
verb (used with object),
to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort.
- optimes
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- promote
-
verb (used with object),
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further:
- coopers
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- semipro
-
adjective, noun,
semiprofessional.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- Comines
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1445?–1511? French historian and diplomat.
- 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.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- noetics
-
noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- noisome
-
adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- omicron
-
noun,
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- centro-
-
- centri-
-
- centimo
-
noun,
the 100th part of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
- 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.
- sirenic
-
adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- notices
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- smitten
-
verb,
a past participle of smite.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- protest
-
noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- 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.
- come-on
-
noun,
inducement; lure.
- trisect
-
verb (used with object),
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- sericin
-
noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- cittern
-
noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- citrons
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrins
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- cistron
-
noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- cistern
-
noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- copters
-
noun,
helicopter.
- opsonic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cottons
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- 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.
- sterno-
-
- 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.
- Script.
-
- crinose
-
adjective,
hairy.
- Orontes
-
noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- princes
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Morison
-
noun,
Samuel Eliot, 1887–1976, U.S. historian.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- crimson
-
noun,
a crimson color, pigment, or dye.
- cretins
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- 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.
- primine
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- cotters
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- crepons
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- cornets
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- coronet
-
noun,
a small crown.
- motoric
-
adjective,
motor (def 11).
- Cremini
-
noun,
a cultivated, meaty, tan or brown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
- Crispin
-
noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- Crispen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- morions
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- motions
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- moonset
-
noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- Scottie
-
noun,
Scottish terrier.
- Morisco
-
noun,
a Moor, especially one of the Moors of Spain.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- picro-
-
- nitro-
-
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- scoto-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- Sooner
-
noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- tempts
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- tempos
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- socmen
-
noun,
sokeman.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- octets
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- roncos
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Nostoc
-
noun,
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- osteo-
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- 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.
- sitcom
-
noun,
situation comedy.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- scrimp
-
verb (used with object),
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely:
- somni-
-
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- socio-
-
- roomie
-
noun,
roommate.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- 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.
- orison
-
noun,
a prayer.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- minces
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- motets
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- micros
-
noun,
anything extremely small in scope or capability.
- spiro-
-
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- micron
-
noun,
Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
- micro-
-
- optime
-
noun,
(formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos.
Compare wrangler (def 2).
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- motors
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- mottes
-
noun,
a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.
- miotic
-
noun,
a miotic drug.
- strict
-
adjective,
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
- mottos
-
noun,
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- sporo-
-
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- morion
-
noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- steno-
-
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- morose
-
adjective,
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morons
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- scroop
-
noun,
a scrooping sound.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- septi-
-
- petro-
-
- Merops
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Percosian augur who foresaw and unsuccessfully tried to prevent the death of his sons in the Trojan War.
- Roscoe
-
noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.).
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Scotti
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, Italian baritone.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- metro-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- Scipio
-
noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- metric
-
noun,
Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
- 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.
- Scioto
-
noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- necro-
-
- sperm-
-
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- cosmo-
-
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- totems
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Cotton
-
noun,
a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- costo-
-
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Cosimo
-
noun,
Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- 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.
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- crimps
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- copies
-
noun,
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original:
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- topmen
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- Empson
-
noun,
William, 1906–84, English critic and poet.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- potent
-
noun,
a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- Potosi
-
noun,
a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.
- cteno-
-
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- croons
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- 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.
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- copro-
-
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- pooris
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- cnemis
-
noun,
the tibia or shin.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- ptero-
-
- 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.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Tromso
-
noun,
a seaport in N Norway.
- 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.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- troops
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- 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.
- 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.
- tropo-
-
- recti-
-
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- rectos
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- coeno-
-
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- proems
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- promos
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- coopts
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- contr.
-
- contos
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- comtes
-
noun,
count2 .
- compts
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- compos
-
noun,
composition material.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- comose
-
adjective,
hairy; comate.
- 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.
- comers
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- proto-
-
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- pisci-
-
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- instr.
-
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- impone
-
verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- eroto-
-
- imper.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- icono-
-
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- intro.
-
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poison
-
noun,
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- 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:
- income
-
noun,
the monetary payment received for goods or services, or from other sources, as rents or investments.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- tinct.
-
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- romeos
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- tincts
-
noun,
tint; tinge; coloring.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- OPers
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- pros.
-
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- pico-
-
- Sept.
-
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- rept.
-
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- 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.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- rcpt.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- recip
-
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Recit
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Sino-
-
- reni-
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- octo-
-
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- recpt
-
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rect.
-
- 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.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- omni-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- sero-
-
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Seric
-
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- onto-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- rooms
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- seti-
-
- onco-
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- pron.
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- ottos
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”.
- 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.
- post-
-
- 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.
- Scot.
-
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- Scott
-
noun,
Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- 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.
- Pomos
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- 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.
- pert.
-
- 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.
- prem.
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- oste-
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- 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).
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- peri-
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- poons
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scoop
-
noun,
a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- scrim
-
noun,
a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- petri
-
- poet.
-
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- petr-
-
- proc.
-
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- sect.
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- semi-
-
- prom.
-
- opto-
-
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- promo
-
noun,
promotion (def 5).
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- 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.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Pres.
-
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- osmo-
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- osmic
-
adjective,
of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- pret.
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- prim.
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- 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.
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- resp.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- sito-
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Epsom
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, S of London: site of a famous racetrack (Epsom Downs) where the annual Derby is held.
- 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).
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tono-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Espoo
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, W of Helsinki.
- Episc
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- icons
-
- Epist
-
- Epis.
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- econ.
-
- ecto-
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- 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.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- topos
-
noun,
a convention or motif, especially in a literary work; a rhetorical convention.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topo-
-
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imit.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- term.
-
- 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.
- istic
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- meno-
-
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Merci
-
interjection,
thank you.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- insep
-
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- intr.
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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).
- 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.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- compo
-
noun,
composition material.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Comer
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that is progressing well or is very promising:
- comes
-
noun,
Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
- 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.
- comp.
-
- comps
-
noun,
a compositor.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- compt
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
count1 .
- Comr.
-
- 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.
- Comte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- 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.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- 30-30
-
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- cero-
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cert.
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Cimon
-
noun,
507–499 b.c, Athenian military leader, naval commander, and statesman (son of Miltiades).
- cine-
-
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- coop.
-
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- crim.
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- toti-
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- totem
-
noun,
a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- 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.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- crimp
-
noun,
the act of crimping.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- 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.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 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.
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- copr-
-
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- cores
-
- corms
-
noun,
an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- corp.
-
- corpn
-
- 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.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- mero-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- motet
-
noun,
a vocal composition in polyphonic style, on a Biblical or similar prose text, intended for use in a church service.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- Moros
-
noun,
a child of Nyx, and the personification of fate.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- 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.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- MOTOS
-
- 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.
- MPers
-
- 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.
- spor-
-
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- spoon
-
noun,
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- 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.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- monic
-
adjective,
(of a polynomial) having the coefficient of the term of highest degree equal to 1.
- mono-
-
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Mont.
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- mesic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- moors
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- ster.
-
- mopes
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- step-
-
- 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.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- noct-
-
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomo-
-
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snoop
-
noun,
an act or instance of snooping.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noso-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noto-
-
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- MSEnt
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- 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.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- nitr-
-
- spec.
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- sopor
-
noun,
Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- miso-
-
- temp.
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- 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.
- misce
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) mix.
- misc.
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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.
- MINCE
-
noun,
something cut up very small; mincemeat.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mini-
-
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- metr-
-
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- stoop
-
noun,
the act or an instance of stooping.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- meso-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- 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.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- stome
-
- 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.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- metic
-
noun,
an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- sepn
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tron
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Rep.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- trit
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- SMTP
-
- ter.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- ten.
-
- Soni
-
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- 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.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- rpt.
-
- Tit.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- scr.
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- 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.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toot
-
noun,
an act or sound of tooting.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- top-
-
- 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).
- 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.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Rom.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tri-
-
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- str.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- sec.
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- rit.
-
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tion
-
- Sem.
-
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sci.
-
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- etc.
-
- Nor.
-
- est.
-
- 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.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Oct.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Imp.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- IMCO
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Ice.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- emic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
- 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:
- ect-
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- eco-
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- OOPS
-
interjection,
(used to express mild dismay, chagrin, surprise, etc., as at one's own mistake, a clumsy act, or social blunder.)
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- 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.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- epi-
-
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Ont.
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- men-
-
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enc.
-
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- itis
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- MIPS
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Mon.
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Merc
-
noun,
a mercenary soldier.
- 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.
- mes-
-
- met.
-
- MCPO
-
- 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.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mic.
-
- MICE
-
noun,
plural of mouse.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- min.
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- iso-
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- ins.
-
- MSIE
-
- MSPE
-
- 1080
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- MSCP
-
- NCTE
-
- INRI
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- neo-
-
- Inc.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- msec
-
- MSCE
-
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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.
- MOpt
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Mott
-
noun,
John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- oro-
-
- ment
-
- COMS
-
noun,
Trademark. Comedy Central: a cable television channel.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pos.
-
- 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.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- coom
-
noun,
soot; coal dust; smut.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- pre-
-
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- Con.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- prec
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- 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.
- Pers
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- Pen.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- 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.
- 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.
- cit.
-
- Pomo
-
noun,
the postmodern movement; postmodernism.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cmon
-
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- CMOS
-
noun,
complementary metal oxide semiconductor.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- cis-
-
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Com.
-
- come
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- cir.
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- Como
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy, in Lombardy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- per.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- Cres
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- psec
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cet-
-
- CERN
-
- pts.
-
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cen.
-
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Ceto
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Otto
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- RCMP
-
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- pro-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prs.
-
- Cor.
-
- prin
-
- 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.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- pct.
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- MCR
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ise
-
- CIP
-
- IRS
-
- trp
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- MCI
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- MEC
-
noun,
a pimp; mack.
- ite
-
- 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.
- MCP
-
- 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.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ist
-
- CIE
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Mc-
-
- Me.
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CEO
-
- CIM
-
- Co.
-
- ct.
-
- ITC
-
- Mo.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSC
-
- ISR
-
- cp.
-
- Tro
-
- eo-
-
- IRO
-
- TPN
-
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- CPO
-
- CPM
-
- TPI
-
- TPM
-
- Tpr
-
- EMT
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- tr.
-
- CPI
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- en-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- EPT
-
- EIS
-
- ec-
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ECM
-
- cte
-
- CST
-
- eir
-
- CSR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- EMR
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- EPS
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- 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.
- ine
-
- CNS
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- CNO
-
- ior
-
- IOT
-
- in.
-
- IPM
-
- CNM
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- EOM
-
- ier
-
- ERP
-
- ETO
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- Esc
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- ESR
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- ETR
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ETS
-
- TNT
-
- TMO
-
- ics
-
- io-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Sr.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Pr.
-
- OSO
-
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- SCP
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- pc.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pm.
-
- prn
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SCM
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- IPO
-
- PCI
-
- sc.
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- ose
-
- se-
-
- rte
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Om.
-
- 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).
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- MEP
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- oon
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- 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).
- OOT
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- 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.
- OPM
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- 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:
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- RTS
-
- rt.
-
- oic
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- POR
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- PRC
-
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PTT
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- RCP
-
- RCS
-
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RPS
-
- RCN
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- RCT
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- RSE
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- Rs.
-
- PCM
-
- RPO
-
- RPM
-
- PCS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- ROP
-
- 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:
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- POC
-
- PIO
-
- 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.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- RMC
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- PMT
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ONI
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- MSN
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- SPR
-
- MPE
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTO
-
- MTP
-
- OEO
-
- NCO
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- spt
-
- St.
-
- NES
-
- MIT
-
- 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.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- MIE
-
- MIP
-
- STP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MNE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MNS
-
- MOC
-
noun,
moccasin.
- STM
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- STI
-
- 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.
- MOR
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- MTS
-
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- NRC
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- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- NOC
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- Noe
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noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NPR
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- Npt
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- nr.
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- NSC
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- NMI
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- Oc.
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- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- op.
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- OTC
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- OCR
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OCS
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- OEM
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- NMR
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- NOP
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- TTS
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- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Nip
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noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soo
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noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- t.
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NI
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
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- RC
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- TT
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- MP
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- CE
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- T1
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- TP
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- RI
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- TC
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- NP
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- CM
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- RN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- M.
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- i.
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- NC
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- RO
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
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- ic
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- TN
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RP
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- NM
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- IP
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- MN
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- SN
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- S.
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- SM
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- O.
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- TM
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- N.
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