Anagrams of protuberance
Word protuberance has
1238 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of protuberance.
- recapture
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noun,
the recovery or retaking by capture.
- copartner
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- apocenter
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noun,
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- enrapture
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verb (used with object),
to move to rapture; delight beyond measure:
- procreant
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adjective,
procreating or generating:
- procreate
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verb (used with object),
to beget or generate (offspring).
- cupbearer
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noun,
a servant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal palace or at an elaborate banquet.
- Canrobert
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noun,
François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- Carpenter
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noun,
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- raconteur
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noun,
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- crenature
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noun,
a crenation.
- precentor
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- Eurocrat
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noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- carotene
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noun,
any of three yellow or orange fat-soluble pigments having the formula C 40 H 56 , found in many plants, especially carrots, and transformed to vitamin A in the liver; provitamin A.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- European
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Europe.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- proturan
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noun,
a proturan insect; telsontail.
- creature
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noun,
an animal, especially a nonhuman:
- carburet
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verb (used with object),
to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.
- perorate
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- renature
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verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- trueborn
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adjective,
genuinely or authentically so because of birth:
- parcener
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noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- aperture
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noun,
an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
- counter-
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- receptor
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- bourtree
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noun,
European elder.
- cerebro-
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- curator
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- currant
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noun,
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
- preter-
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- current
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noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- probate
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- trouper
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- cerebr-
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- procure
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- contra-
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- carport
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noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- cerato-
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- reactor
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noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- recount
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- terrace
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noun,
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- centro-
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- beat-up
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noun,
the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- corrupt
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- cuneate
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adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- courant
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noun,
courante.
- Courbet
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noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- rapture
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noun,
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- Raeburn
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noun,
Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
- reboant
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adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- baronet
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noun,
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- bo-tree
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noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- perturb
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verb (used with object),
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- unbrace
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verb (used with object),
to remove the braces of.
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- neutro-
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- Norbert
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noun,
a male given name.
- Roberta
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- partner
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- porrect
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adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- bouncer
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noun,
a person or thing that bounces.
- ocreate
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adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- bracero
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noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- bourree
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noun,
an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- outpace
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- operate
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- ponceau
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noun,
a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- percent
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- potence
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noun,
potency.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- carbene
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noun,
the radical CH 2 and its derivatives.
- antero-
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- capture
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- entero-
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- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- recoup
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noun,
an act of recouping.
- brunet
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Bruant
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noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centr-
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- centra
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noun,
a plural of centrum.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Bronte
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noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Cantor
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noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Breuer
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noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1842–1925, Austrian neurologist: pioneer in psychoanalytic techniques.
- Breton
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Robert
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noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- Capote
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noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- captor
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noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- router
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- cerat-
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- cerate
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- reopen
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verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- carbo-
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- recept
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Capone
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noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- Burner
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noun,
a person or thing that burns.
- cenote
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noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- butene
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noun,
butylene (def 1).
- Canter
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- report
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Carpet
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpo-
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- carnet
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- repute
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- Canute
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noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- carrot
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noun,
a plant, Daucus carota, of the parsley family, having pinnately decompound leaves and umbels of small white or yellow flowers, in its wild form a widespread, familiar weed, and in cultivation valued for its edible root.
- Carter
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- renter
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noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- carton
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noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- career
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noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- retro-
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- Carnot
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noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- butane
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noun,
a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.
- carbon
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noun,
Chemistry. a widely distributed element that forms organic compounds in combination with hydrogen, oxygen, etc., and that occurs in a pure state as diamond and graphite, and in an impure state as charcoal. Symbol: C; atomic weight: 12.011; atomic number: 6; specific gravity: (of diamond) 3.51 at 20°C; (of graphite) 2.26 at 20°C.
- cartop
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adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- return
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noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Rector
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noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- Burton
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- Reuben
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noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- repent
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adjective,
creeping.
- Reuter
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noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- Burnet
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- repeat
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- careen
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noun,
a careening.
- raptor
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- cetane
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noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Euboea
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noun,
a Greek island in the W Aegean Sea. 1586 sq. mi. (4110 sq. km). Capital: Chalcis.
- Perret
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noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- Perron
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Nature
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noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- narco-
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- petro-
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- Europe
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noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- Europa
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noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- necro-
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- poteen
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- pounce
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noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- errant
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adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- prance
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- entrap
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- enter-
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- pernor
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noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- nectar
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noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- enrapt
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adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- parrot
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- opener
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noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- outran
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verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- octane
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- panto-
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- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- parton
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- penta-
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- parure
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noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- patron
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noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peanut
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noun,
the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- pecten
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noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- neuter
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noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neuro-
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- enrobe
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- encore
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noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- Cetura
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noun,
Keturah.
- rebato
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noun,
rabato.
- CORNET
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Corner
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- cornea
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noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- corban
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- Reaper
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noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- copter
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noun,
helicopter.
- rebate
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noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- re-act
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verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- contr.
-
- cobnut
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noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- reborn
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adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- coatee
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noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- rebote
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noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- C-note
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noun,
See C (def 11).
- recant
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verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- precut
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- purree
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noun,
Indian yellow (defs 1, 2a).
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- ecarte
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noun,
a card game for two players.
- ptero-
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- pteron
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noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Curare
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noun,
a blackish, resinlike substance derived from tropical plants of the genus Strychnos, especially S. toxifera, and from the root of pareira, used by certain South American Indians for poisoning arrows and employed in physiological experiments, medicine, etc., for arresting the action of motor nerves.
- cupro-
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- put-on
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noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- rubato
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noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- cteno-
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- rancor
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noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- croute
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noun,
crust.
- Cretan
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- create
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- craton
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noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Crater
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noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- bracer
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noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- utero-
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- toecap
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- upbeat
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noun,
an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- upbear
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verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- trepan
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- arpent
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- trocar
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noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- teacup
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noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- uptorn
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verb,
past participle of uptear.
- tauro-
-
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- abrupt
-
adjective,
sudden or unexpected:
- arbtrn
-
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- urano-
-
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- tanrec
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noun,
tenrec.
- apercu
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noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- aceto-
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- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- tanbur
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noun,
tambura.
- tenace
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noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Barron
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noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- uproar
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- uprear
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- toucan
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- bearer
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- borane
-
noun,
any of the compounds, both neutral and anionic, of boron and hydrogen with formulas ranging from B 2 H 6 to B 20 H 16 .
- arbour
-
noun,
arbor1 .
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- turbo-
-
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- bounce
-
noun,
a bound or rebound:
- aeron.
-
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- turban
-
noun,
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- turco-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- BPetE
-
- petr-
-
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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).
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- poet.
-
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- aero-
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- acro-
-
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- rcpt.
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- bact.
-
- naut.
-
- part.
-
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- auto.
-
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- patr-
-
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- peta-
-
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- neut.
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- Apoc.
-
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- Ecua.
-
- pret.
-
- ecto-
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- neur-
-
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- UNRRA
-
- ante-
-
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- erron
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- pene-
-
- ento-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- econ.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- areo-
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- Port.
-
- 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.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- noct-
-
- prae-
-
- acpt.
-
- Euro-
-
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trop-
-
- Prot.
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- proc.
-
- acet-
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- prob.
-
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Nebr.
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- corr.
-
- pron.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- corpn
-
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- rept.
-
- Repub
-
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Bonpa
-
noun,
a member of the Bön sect.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- pant-
-
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- corp.
-
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- uran-
-
- carb-
-
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- octa-
-
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Capt.
-
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- burro
-
noun,
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- 30-30
-
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Bart.
-
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- cert.
-
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cero-
-
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- cont.
-
- baro-
-
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Banco
-
noun,
a declaration made by a bettor in certain gambling games, as baccarat and chemin de fer, indicating a bet matching the full amount in the bank, to the exclusion of all previous lower bets: often used as an interjection.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- terr.
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copr-
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- BAPCT
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- BCerE
-
- pert.
-
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- Benue
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tera-
-
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- teno-
-
- rect.
-
- cent.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- carp-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- recpt
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- par.
-
- out-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pat.
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Pen.
-
- pct.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- per.
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Pan.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- uret
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- uro-
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- ten.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rep.
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- taur
-
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- ter.
-
- 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.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- top-
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- rpt.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- repr
-
- RONA
-
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- tab.
-
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- tabu
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Pet.
-
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prec
-
- Tuba
-
noun,
Music.
a valved, brass wind instrument having a low range.
an organ reed stop of large scale with tones of exceptional power.
an ancient Roman trumpet.
- pre-
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pot.
-
- 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):
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pnea
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pro-
-
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- 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.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- pub.
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- tRNA
-
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- tron
-
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 1080
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Carr
-
noun,
John Dickson, 1906–77, U.S. mystery writer.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- cen.
-
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- cene
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- capo
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- cap.
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Buna
-
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Bur.
-
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- Burr
-
noun,
Also, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Can.
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Ceto
-
- BPOE
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Cuba
-
noun,
a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Capital: Havana.
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cur.
-
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- ctr.
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Con.
-
- 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.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cor.
-
- 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.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cort
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- crat
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- eco-
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- art.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aur-
-
- aut-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abr.
-
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aer-
-
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- aet.
-
- ance
-
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- ANTU
-
- apo-
-
- Apr.
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bor.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bot.
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bet.
-
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bar.
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- Barr
-
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- cat.
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEbE
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- NCTE
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 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.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Eur.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etc.
-
- neo-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- OPer
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- Ont.
-
- OEEC
-
- Nor.
-
- Oct.
-
- OAPC
-
- NRPB
-
- NRAB
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- EEOC
-
- ect-
-
- TNB
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- OCR
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- EEO
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- 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.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Bac
-
- Br.
-
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- bp.
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- ATP
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- prn
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- be-
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ONR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- EEC
-
- BCE
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- OBE
-
- OAU
-
- ATC
-
- Bn.
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- BEP
-
- ea.
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- NRC
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- NRA
-
- TBO
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- nr.
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- PCB
-
- TBA
-
- TCA
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- bec
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- BCP
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ean
-
- OAP
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- OTC
-
- op.
-
- Oc.
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- ob.
-
- Pr.
-
- ATB
-
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- OTA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- UPC
-
- abt
-
- ot-
-
- up-
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACP
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- unp
-
- UNO
-
- Une
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- OTB
-
- unc
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Abp
-
- abn
-
- AEC
-
- ac-
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ap-
-
- ab-
-
- an.
-
- ec-
-
- ure
-
- Ar.
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- AUC
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- ur-
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ae.
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- at.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EbN
-
- trp
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- APC
-
- OPA
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Pa.
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Tro
-
- pc.
-
- ARU
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- APB
-
- UCR
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ote
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- UAE
-
- UAR
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ANC
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tue
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- aor
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- AOU
-
- Npt
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- POA
-
- POB
-
- POC
-
- NCO
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CNO
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- POR
-
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- ETR
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- PUC
-
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CEA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- PRC
-
- EOE
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- eu-
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- cr.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- PRA
-
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- CRP
-
- CRT
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- CTA
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Re.
-
- RCP
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ERP
-
- Ep.
-
- RCN
-
- ETO
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- EPA
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- RBC
-
- ERT
-
- CPA
-
- CPO
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- CPR
-
- CPU
-
- ct.
-
- NBA
-
- cp.
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- ROP
-
- en-
-
- BRT
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- BRE
-
- Co.
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- RPO
-
- rt.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rte
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- NOC
-
- BPE
-
- BPA
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NOP
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ECA
-
- eo-
-
- NPR
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- Bt.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ca.
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- RNA
-
- CBE
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ROA
-
- 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.
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- BTE
-
- bu.
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ene
-
- RNR
-
- CB
-
- AO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- CU
-
- B-
-
- TB
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TN
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- ee
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RN
-
- CE
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- RC
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- TP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- BC
-
- UB
-
- NP
-
- NC
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- Eb
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- UC
-
- OA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RO
-
- PB
-
- RP
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RU
-
- BO
-
- PU
-
- TC
-
- O.
-
- U.
-