Anagrams of protuberances
Word protuberances has
2721 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of protuberances.
- protuberance
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noun,
the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- part-score
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noun,
a contract to make less than the number of tricks required for game:
- subterrane
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noun,
a cave or subterranean room.
- nectareous
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adjective,
nectarous.
- cupbearers
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noun,
a servant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal palace or at an elaborate banquet.
- copartners
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- procreates
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verb (used with object),
to beget or generate (offspring).
- precentors
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- raconteurs
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noun,
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- enraptures
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verb (used with object),
to move to rapture; delight beyond measure:
- portances
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- courantes
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- renatures
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verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- courtesan
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noun,
a prostitute or paramour, especially one associating with noblemen or men of wealth.
- parceners
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noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- enrapture
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verb (used with object),
to move to rapture; delight beyond measure:
- superrace
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noun,
a race, class, or people considered superior to others.
- europeans
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Europe.
- outrances
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- pubescent
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adjective,
arriving or arrived at puberty.
- unrespect
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- obsecrate
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verb (used with object),
to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- cupbearer
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noun,
a servant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal palace or at an elaborate banquet.
- subcenter
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noun,
a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
- obscurant
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noun,
a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- Canrobert
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noun,
François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- recapture
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noun,
the recovery or retaking by capture.
- perorates
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- rest-cure
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noun,
a treatment for nervous disorders, consisting of a complete rest, usually combined with systematic diet, massage, etc., especially at a spa or sanitorium.
- burrstone
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noun,
burstone.
- personate
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adjective,
Botany.
(of a bilabiate corolla) masklike.
having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the gap between the lips, as in the snapdragon.
- raconteur
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noun,
a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- Esperanto
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noun,
an artificial language invented in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917), a Polish physician and philologist, and intended for international use. It is based on word roots common to the major European languages.
- Espartero
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noun,
Baldomero [bahl-daw-me-raw] /ˌbɑl dɔˈmɛ rɔ/ (Show IPA), Count of Luchana [loo-chah-nah] /luˈtʃɑ nɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1879, Spanish general and statesman.
- recreants
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noun,
a coward.
- apertures
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noun,
an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
- 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.
- pterosaur
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noun,
any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- receptors
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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.
- 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.
- nectarous
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adjective,
of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- prosateur
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noun,
a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- procreate
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verb (used with object),
to beget or generate (offspring).
- procreant
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adjective,
procreating or generating:
- curbstone
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noun,
one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- prosecute
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verb (used with object),
Law.
to institute legal proceedings against (a person).
to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process.
to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- rubescent
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adjective,
becoming red; blushing.
- Carpenter
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noun,
a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carotenes
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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.
- copartner
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noun,
a partner or associate, as in a business.
- one-acter
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noun,
a short play consisting of one act.
- bourtree
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noun,
European elder.
- saboteur
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noun,
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- corrupts
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- parcener
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noun,
a joint heir; coheir.
- protease
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noun,
any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- resource
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noun,
a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
- currents
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noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- rubstone
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noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- saucepot
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noun,
a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- operates
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verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- subpoena
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noun,
the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- trounces
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- unbraces
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verb (used with object),
to remove the braces of.
- sarcenet
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noun,
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
- burstone
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noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- probates
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- curators
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noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- spectro-
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- creature
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noun,
an animal, especially a nonhuman:
- outpaces
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- re-trace
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verb (used with object),
to trace again, as lines in writing or drawing.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- apterous
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adjective,
Zoology. wingless, as some insects.
- procures
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- recreant
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noun,
a coward.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- potences
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noun,
potency.
- baronets
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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:
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- terranes
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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.
- trueborn
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adjective,
genuinely or authentically so because of birth:
- treasure
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noun,
wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- bourrees
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noun,
an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- terraces
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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.
- encarpus
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noun,
an ornament having draperies, weapons, etc., arranged in the manner of a festoon.
- braceros
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noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- tuberose
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noun,
a bulbous plant, Polianthes tuberosa, of the agave family, cultivated for its spike of fragrant, creamy-white, lily-like flowers.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- bouncers
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noun,
a person or thing that bounces.
- precents
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- troupers
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- Spruance
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noun,
Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- prestore
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verb (used with object),
Computers. to fix an opening value for (the address of an operand or of a cycle index).
- Sancerre
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noun,
a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- prescore
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verb (used with object),
to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- Torrance
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noun,
a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- courants
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noun,
courante.
- proturan
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noun,
a proturan insect; telsontail.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- renature
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verb (used with object),
to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- counters
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noun,
a table or display case on which goods can be shown, business transacted, etc.
- praetors
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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.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- counter-
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- portance
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noun,
bearing; behavior.
- recusant
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noun,
a person who is recusant.
- besprent
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adjective,
besprinkled; bestrewn.
- pronates
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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.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- ancestor
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noun,
a person from whom one is descended; forebear; progenitor.
- European
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Europe.
- carburet
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verb (used with object),
to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.
- Cerberus
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noun,
Also, Kerberos. Classical Mythology. a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance of the infernal regions.
- 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.
- 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.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- centares
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noun,
centiare.
- Etruscan
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noun,
an inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- peroneus
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noun,
any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- centaurs
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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.
- notecase
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noun,
billfold.
- capstone
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noun,
a finishing stone of a structure.
- captures
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noun,
the act of capturing.
- perorate
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verb (used without object),
to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- seaborne
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adjective,
transported by ship over the sea.
- nacreous
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adjective,
of or relating to nacre.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- percents
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noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- Eurocrat
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noun,
a member of the executive and technical staff at the headquarters of the European Common Market.
- acetones
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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.
- carneous
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adjective,
fleshlike; flesh-colored.
- aperture
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noun,
an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
- perturbs
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verb (used with object),
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- carports
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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.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- cerebro-
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- sea-born
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adjective,
born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- construe
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noun,
the act of construing.
- recourse
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noun,
access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection:
- caterers
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- Personae
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noun,
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- precent
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verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- precuts
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adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- boneset
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- routers
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noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- cereous
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adjective,
waxlike.
- reputes
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noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- crenate
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adjective,
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- Creator
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noun,
a person or thing that creates.
- pouters
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- carnets
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noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- outpace
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verb (used with object),
to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance:
- toecaps
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- 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.
- carnose
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adjective,
of or relating to flesh; fleshy.
- carnous
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adjective,
carnose.
- boranes
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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 .
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- pectase
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noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- Pasture
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noun,
Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- rouster
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noun,
roustabout (def 1).
- crepons
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noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- cerebr-
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- parrots
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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.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- toucans
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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.
- centare
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noun,
centiare.
- probate
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noun,
Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- censure
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noun,
strong or vehement expression of disapproval:
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- caterer
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noun,
one whose business is to provide food, supplies, and sometimes service at social gatherings.
- Benares
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noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- cuneate
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adjective,
having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- 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.
- toupees
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noun,
a man's wig.
- procure
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verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- cenotes
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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.
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- because
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Idioms,
because of, by reason of; due to:
- Roberts
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noun,
Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- 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.
- stearo-
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- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- rubatos
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noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- sterno-
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- surcoat
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noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- carport
-
noun,
a roofed, wall-less shed, usually projecting from the side of a building, used as a shelter for an automobile.
- present
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noun,
the present time.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- Pasteur
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- carpous
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- stereo-
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- cerato-
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- berates
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- cerates
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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.
- tanrecs
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noun,
tenrec.
- centro-
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- carters
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noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- Roberta
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- preter-
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- centres
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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.
- 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.
- bourree
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noun,
an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- pounces
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noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- tenaces
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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.
- petrous
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adjective,
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the hard dense portion of the temporal bone, containing the internal auditory organs; petrosal.
- corners
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noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- conatus
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noun,
an effort or striving.
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- cornets
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noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- cobnuts
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noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- tenrecs
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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.
- ponceau
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noun,
a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- tenures
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noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- corresp
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- corrupt
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- Canopus
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noun,
Astronomy. a first-magnitude star in the constellation Carina: the second brightest star in the heavens.
- partner
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- brunets
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- corneas
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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.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- canters
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noun,
an easy gallop.
- burtons
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- butanes
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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.
- contuse
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verb (used with object),
to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
- butenes
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noun,
butylene (def 1).
- contras
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a member of a counterrevolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.
- contra-
-
- retrace
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verb (used with object),
to trace backward; go back over:
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- perturb
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verb (used with object),
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- burster
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noun,
a person or thing that bursts.
- teacups
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noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- constr.
-
- copters
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noun,
helicopter.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- burnets
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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.
- burners
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noun,
a person or thing that burns.
- corbans
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noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- conster
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verb (used with or without object),
construe.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- returns
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- cratons
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- careens
-
noun,
a careening.
- Penates
-
plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- terrane
-
noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- cetanes
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- Reuters
-
noun,
a publicly owned international news and information company established in London, 1851.
- carbene
-
noun,
the radical CH 2 and its derivatives.
- outrace
-
verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- subteen
-
noun,
a young person approaching the teens or adolescence.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- craters
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- bournes
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bounces
-
noun,
a bound or rebound:
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pectous
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- bouncer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bounces.
- pectose
-
noun,
protopectin.
- pectens
-
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.
- terrace
-
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.
- bracero
-
noun,
a Mexican laborer admitted legally into the U.S. for a short period to perform seasonal, usually agricultural, labor.
- coatees
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- courser
-
noun,
a person or thing that courses.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- courant
-
noun,
courante.
- porters
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- coarser
-
adjective,
of or relating to a topology on a topological space whose open sets are included among the open sets of a second specified topology on the space.
- coarsen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become coarse.
- Courbet
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- pentose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- capture
-
noun,
the act of capturing.
- partons
-
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.
- couters
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- outspan
-
noun,
the act or a place of outspanning.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- posture
-
noun,
the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- capotes
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- parures
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- bracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- Steuben
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von [free-drikh vil-helm loo-dawlf geyr-hahrt ou-goo s-teen fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈlu dɔlf ˈgeɪr hɑrt ˌaʊ gʊsˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1730–94, Prussian major general in the American Revolutionary army.
- Torrens
-
noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- beat-up
-
noun,
the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.
- scarper
-
verb (used without object),
to flee or depart suddenly, especially without having paid one's bills.
- erasure
-
noun,
an act or instance of erasing.
- arpents
-
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.
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- erector
-
noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- Turners
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- unbrace
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the braces of.
- turacos
-
noun,
touraco.
- arbours
-
noun,
arbor1 .
- Scarron
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- snorter
-
noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- Raeburn
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
- rancors
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- Sno-Cat
-
- unrobes
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- scauper
-
noun,
a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
- Esparto
-
noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- arseno-
-
- obscene
-
adjective,
offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved:
- recoups
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- octanes
-
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.
- spectra
-
noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- trounce
-
verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- trouper
-
noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- pterous
-
- troupes
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- Austro-
-
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- specter
-
noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- trouser
-
noun,
a leg of a pair of trousers.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- soutane
-
noun,
a cassock.
- ocreate
-
adjective,
having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- encores
-
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.
- encrust
-
verb (used with or without object),
incrust.
- Oceanus
-
noun,
a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- punster
-
noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- enrobes
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- entero-
-
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- obscure
-
noun,
obscurity.
- unstrap
-
verb (used with object),
to take off or slacken the strap of.
- scepter
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- spectre
-
noun,
specter.
- absence
-
noun,
state of being away or not being present:
- scraper
-
noun,
a person or thing that scrapes.
- acetous
-
adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- acetone
-
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-
-
- acerous
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- acerose
-
adjective,
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
- narcose
-
adjective,
characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- reactor
-
noun,
a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- recants
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- scouter
-
noun,
a person who scouts.
- Neupest
-
noun,
German name of Ujpest.
- reapers
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- abortus
-
noun,
immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- ureters
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- screeno
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) (formerly) bingo played in a movie theater.
- seaport
-
noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- reboant
-
adjective,
resounding or reverberating loudly.
- necrose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to affect or be affected with necrosis.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- scourer
-
noun,
a person who scours or cleanses.
- sceptre
-
noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- rapture
-
noun,
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
-
- upbears
-
verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- raptors
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- upbeats
-
noun,
an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- Norbert
-
noun,
a male given name.
- uprears
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- uproars
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- aerobes
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- scorper
-
noun,
scauper.
- aeneous
-
adjective,
bronze-colored:
- uptears
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- Eustace
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “steadfast.”.
- recepts
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- repeats
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- protean
-
adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- barters
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- bearers
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- operant
-
noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- curares
-
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.
- curates
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- curator
-
noun,
the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.
- Proteus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- prosect
-
verb (used with object),
to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- tracers
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- operate
-
verb (used with object),
to manage or use (a machine, device, etc.):
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Bastrop
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- sporter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- transp.
-
- current
-
noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- currant
-
noun,
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- sporran
-
noun,
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- nectars
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- saprobe
-
noun,
saprophyte.
- trocars
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- reports
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- barrens
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Spencer
-
noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- baronet
-
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:
- barrets
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- prorate
-
verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- superb
-
adjective,
admirably fine or excellent; extremely good:
- coapts
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- Europa
-
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.
- Europe
-
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).
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cteno-
-
- supra-
-
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- spruce
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
- parure
-
noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- cobras
-
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.
- cruors
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- cobnut
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- sacro-
-
- cursor
-
noun,
Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- super-
-
- Euboea
-
noun,
a Greek island in the W Aegean Sea. 1586 sq. mi. (4110 sq. km). Capital: Chalcis.
- serbo-
-
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- parton
-
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.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Rubens
-
noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- steno-
-
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- Curare
-
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.
- Centre
-
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.
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- centr-
-
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- Center
-
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.
- cupro-
-
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- censor
-
noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- necro-
-
- cenote
-
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.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- cerat-
-
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- ceruse
-
noun,
a pigment composed of white lead.
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- Cereus
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Cereus, of the cactus family, having large, usually white, funnel-shaped flowers.
- rupees
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- narco-
-
- narcos
-
noun,
narc.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- neuro-
-
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- secure
-
adjective,
free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- sprout
-
noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- courts
-
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.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- enter-
-
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- obtuse
-
adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- coupes
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- sapro-
-
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Ecorse
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- Crater
-
noun,
the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano.
- sarco-
-
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- octane
-
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.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- encore
-
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.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Enesco
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- parous
-
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- nurser
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- croups
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- Nueces
-
noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- copras
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- copers
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copens
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- opacus
-
adjective,
(of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Subroc
-
noun,
a rocket that contains a nuclear depth charge and that can be launched underwater from a submarine torpedo tube.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- parrot
-
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.
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- escent
-
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- scato-
-
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- rubato
-
noun,
a rubato phrase or passage.
- contr.
-
- subpar
-
adjective,
below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par:
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- Creuse
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2165 sq. mi. (5605 sq. km). Capital: Guéret.
- Erebus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the darkness under the earth, imagined either as the abode of sinners after death or of all the dead.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- panto-
-
- corpus
-
noun,
a large or complete collection of writings:
- corpse
-
noun,
a dead body, usually of a human being.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- ounces
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- crones
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- corers
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- crores
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- corban
-
noun,
a sacrifice or offering made to God, especially among the ancient Hebrews in fulfillment of a vow.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- Robert
-
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).
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- apercu
-
noun,
a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- rancor
-
noun,
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- 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 .
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- UNESCO
-
noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- arbour
-
noun,
arbor1 .
- beauts
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- probes
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- racers
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- unbars
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- arbtrn
-
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- uncase
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from a case; remove the case from.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- racons
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- uncaps
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- Presb.
-
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- uproar
-
noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- purees
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- brants
-
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.
- raptus
-
noun,
a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- poseur
-
noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- uprear
-
verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- upbeat
-
noun,
an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- Aerope
-
noun,
the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Breuer
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1842–1925, Austrian neurologist: pioneer in psychoanalytic techniques.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- aeron.
-
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- borers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- rescue
-
noun,
the act of rescuing.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- toecap
-
noun,
a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- reruns
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- bounce
-
noun,
a bound or rebound:
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- upbear
-
verb (used with object),
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- bracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Beaton
-
noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- U-boat
-
noun,
a German submarine.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- ptero-
-
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- austr-
-
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- tronas
-
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.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- bacons
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- trocar
-
noun,
a sharp-pointed instrument enclosed in a cannula, used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, as the abdominal cavity.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- 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.
- bancos
-
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.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- purree
-
noun,
Indian yellow (defs 1, 2a).
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- purser
-
noun,
an officer on a ship who handles financial accounts and various documents relating to the ship and who keeps money and valuables for passengers.
- tubers
-
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.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- recuse
-
verb (used with object),
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, especially because of interest or bias.
- recurs
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- rectos
-
- bearer
-
noun,
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
- proser
-
noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Basuto
-
noun,
Sotho (def 3).
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- bauson
-
noun,
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- arpent
-
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.
- Tuscan
-
noun,
the standard literary form of the Italian language.
- trans.
-
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- beacon
-
noun,
a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beanos
-
noun,
bingo.
- tracer
-
noun,
a person or thing that traces.
- Barton
-
noun,
Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- turbo-
-
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- arsen-
-
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- turco-
-
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- treasr
-
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- Barron
-
noun,
Clarence Walker, 1855–1928, U.S. financial publisher.
- Barros
-
noun,
João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), ("the Portuguese Livy") 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- aerobe
-
noun,
an organism, especially a bacterium, that requires air or free oxygen for life (opposed to anaerobe).
- upcast
-
noun,
an act of casting upward.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Capote
-
noun,
a long cloak with a hood.
- Reuben
-
noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- penta-
-
- Capone
-
noun,
Al(phonse) ("Scarface") 1899–1947, U.S. gangster and Prohibition-era bootlegger, probably born in Italy.
- capons
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Peneus
-
noun,
ancient name of Salambria.
- abrupt
-
adjective,
sudden or unexpected:
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- captor
-
noun,
a person who has captured a person or thing.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- carbo-
-
- Reaper
-
noun,
a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine.
- carbon
-
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.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- career
-
noun,
an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework:
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- 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.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- aceous
-
- urbane
-
adjective,
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities:
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- broncs
-
noun,
bronco:
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Cantor
-
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.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cantus
-
noun,
cantus firmus.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- peruse
-
verb (used with object),
to read through with thoroughness or care:
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- tanbur
-
noun,
tambura.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- cartop
-
adjective,
of a size and shape suitable for carrying on the top of an automobile.
- rebops
-
noun,
bop1 .
- peanut
-
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.
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- utero-
-
- catsup
-
noun,
ketchup.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- rebuts
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- rebecs
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- carpos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek goddess of summer fruit, considered by Athenians as one of the Horae.
- pecten
-
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.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carnot
-
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.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- pecans
-
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.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpo-
-
- usance
-
noun,
Commerce. a length of time, exclusive of days of grace and varying in different places, allowed by custom or usage for the payment of foreign bills of exchange.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carpus
-
noun,
the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist.
- carrot
-
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.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- Carson
-
noun,
Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Carter
-
noun,
Bennett Lester ("Benny") 1907–2003, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- aceto-
-
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- retro-
-
- petro-
-
- Poncas
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- tenace
-
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.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- urano-
-
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- tenrec
-
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.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- burans
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- Burner
-
noun,
a person or thing that burns.
- Burnet
-
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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- teacup
-
noun,
a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- ponces
-
noun,
a pimp.
- tauro-
-
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- uprose
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- uptear
-
verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- Bruant
-
noun,
Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- resorb
-
verb (used with object),
to absorb again, as an exudation.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- buncos
-
noun,
bunko.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- bursar
-
noun,
a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university.
- bustee
-
noun,
a small settlement; village.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- taupes
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- butane
-
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.
- tarso-
-
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- butene
-
noun,
butylene (def 1).
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- rcpt.
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- scope
-
noun,
extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.:
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Scot.
-
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scrub
-
noun,
an act or instance of scrubbing.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- scat-
-
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Pusan
-
noun,
a seaport in SE South Korea.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- purrs
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- SCUBA
-
noun,
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rears
-
- noct-
-
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rect.
-
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- neur-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scaup
-
noun,
any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- recpt
-
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- neut.
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- scopa
-
noun,
pollen brush.
- racer
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that races or takes part in a race, as a racehorse, bicycle, yacht, etc.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- resp.
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- pant-
-
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- Ponca
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of northern Nebraska, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
- poet.
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- petr-
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- restr
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- post-
-
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Port.
-
- peta-
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- patr-
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- Pecos
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- pause
-
noun,
a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
- robes
-
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.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- 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.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- pert.
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- 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).
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- pene-
-
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- Pasco
-
noun,
a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- 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.
- Prus.
-
- Prot.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- OPers
-
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- 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.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- punas
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- puces
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- octa-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- pubes
-
noun,
the lower part of the abdomen, especially the region between the right and left iliac regions.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- sarc-
-
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- prae-
-
- Repub
-
- oste-
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- rept.
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Pres.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- prob.
-
- pron.
-
- proc.
-
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- runes
-
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.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- carb-
-
- Capon
-
noun,
a cockerel castrated to improve the flesh for use as food.
- 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.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- capos
-
noun,
any of various devices for a guitar, lute, banjo, etc., that when clamped or screwed down across the strings at a given fret will raise each string a corresponding number of half tones.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- capot
-
noun,
the taking by one player of all the tricks of a deal, as in piquet.
- caps.
-
- Capt.
-
- caput
-
noun,
any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- Auber
-
noun,
Daniel François Esprit [da-nyel frahn-swa es-pree] /daˈnyɛl frɑ̃ˈswa ɛsˈpri/ (Show IPA), 1782–1871, French composer.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- tubas
-
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.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- burps
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- burro
-
noun,
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
- Bursa
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- Bacon
-
noun,
the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- 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.
- 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).
- Busra
-
noun,
Basra.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- 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.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- auto.
-
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Aust.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- 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.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Buran
-
noun,
a strong Asian wind of the Asian steppes accompanying dust storms in summer and blizzards in winter.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- cero-
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- Supt.
-
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- coapt
-
verb (used with object),
to bring close together:
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- 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.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- carp-
-
- caus.
-
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- 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.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- cent.
-
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Copan
-
noun,
Santa Rosa de Copán.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- bones
-
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.
- treas
-
- Bonpa
-
noun,
a member of the Bön sect.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- Bart.
-
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- beaut
-
noun,
(often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- beeps
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Benue
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- BCerE
-
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- Bauer
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), Agricola, Georgius.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- Bantu
-
noun,
a member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- Brusa
-
noun,
Bursa.
- tera-
-
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- BAPCT
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- BANCS
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- 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.
- BSRet
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- bact.
-
- tears
-
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Baron
-
noun,
a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- baro-
-
- botas
-
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).
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Bouar
-
noun,
a city in the W Central African Republic.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- BPetE
-
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- 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.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Braun
-
noun,
Eva [ee-vuh;; German ey-vah] /ˈi və;; German ˈeɪ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1912–45, mistress of Adolf Hitler.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- bears
-
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.
- Sept.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- aero-
-
- econ.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- ecto-
-
- spec.
-
- Ecua.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- aeons
-
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.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- span-
-
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- ento-
-
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- actos
-
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- sputa
-
noun,
matter, as saliva mixed with mucus or pus, expectorated from the lungs and respiratory passages.
- currs
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spor-
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- abstr
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ESPEC
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- estab
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- 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.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- about
-
adverb,
near in time, number, degree, etc.; approximately:
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sero-
-
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- uran-
-
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- acro-
-
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- acpt.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- acnes
-
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.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Urban
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
- acet-
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- erron
-
- abuts
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- abuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misuse:
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- nears
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- 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.
- areo-
-
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- asco-
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- unapt
-
adjective,
not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- corp.
-
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- copes
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- copr-
-
- copra
-
noun,
the dried kernel or meat of the coconut from which coconut oil is expressed.
- copse
-
noun,
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- cores
-
- 30-30
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- stupa
-
noun,
a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- corpn
-
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- corr.
-
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- Nebr.
-
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- step-
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- cubas
-
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.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- cubes
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Cunas
-
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.
- Apoc.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- UNRRA
-
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- 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.
- curbs
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- naso-
-
- Srta.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- unbar
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt:
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- naut.
-
- sect.
-
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- uncap
-
verb (used with object),
to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- USTC
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USCA
-
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- USPO
-
- USRC
-
- USNA
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- USAR
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 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.
- Tues
-
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- uro-
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- upas
-
noun,
the poisonous milky sap of a large tree, Antiaris toxicaria, of the mulberry family, native to tropical Asia, Africa, and the Philippine Islands, used for arrow poison.
- tron
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- uret
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Sab.
-
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPCA
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- Sra.
-
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- SATB
-
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- 1080
-
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- str.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sepn
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- scr.
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sec.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- saur
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- ScBE
-
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- taur
-
- ten.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- RNAS
-
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repr
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ter.
-
- top-
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- Tob.
-
- 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.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- sub-
-
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- supr
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- sur-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- 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.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- RONA
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- tab.
-
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bet.
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- 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.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- 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.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- eso-
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Beau
-
noun,
a male lover or sweetheart.
- bor.
-
- Ens.
-
- bot.
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- eous
-
- 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.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bops
-
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.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- 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.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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).
- NRPB
-
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Can.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- banc
-
noun,
the seat on which judges sit in court.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- NRAB
-
- BRCS
-
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- NTSB
-
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- aur-
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aube
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the Seine. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- OAPC
-
- ator
-
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- 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.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- NCTE
-
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- NEbE
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- BASc
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Barr
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- 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.
- bar.
-
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ence
-
- 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.
- Cor.
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Burr
-
noun,
Also, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- 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.
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- cet-
-
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Bur.
-
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- 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.
- Buna
-
- 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.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- CERN
-
- crat
-
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- cap.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- 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.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- 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.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- but-
-
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- bus.
-
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- enc.
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- 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.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- BPOE
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- eco-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- ect-
-
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- EEOC
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- Cres
-
- BSEE
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- BSRT
-
- BSPT
-
- BSPE
-
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- BSPA
-
- BSOT
-
- BSNA
-
- BSEP
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- BSEc
-
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- 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.
- BSCP
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- BSCE
-
- 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.
- BSAE
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- 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.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- 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.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- aer-
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- Pers
-
- 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.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pct.
-
- pnea
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- ano-
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- ates
-
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- ance
-
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- aet.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- pub.
-
- puca
-
noun,
(in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- puna
-
noun,
a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- purs
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- pts.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- acr-
-
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- 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.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- abr.
-
- abut
-
verb (used with object),
to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
- pre-
-
- prec
-
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- prs.
-
- 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.
- PSAT
-
- abs-
-
- psec
-
- out-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- arr.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- art.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- obs.
-
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Oct.
-
- OEEC
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- asc-
-
- OPer
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Apus
-
noun,
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
- Apsu
-
noun,
an Akkadian god: the consort of Tiamat and the father of the gods.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- TCA
-
- AOU
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TCS
-
- trp
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- TBO
-
- APB
-
- BCE
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- APC
-
- TBA
-
- at.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- 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.
- be-
-
- ASU
-
- Bac
-
- ASR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- BTE
-
- bu.
-
- 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.
- abt
-
- ast
-
- abn
-
- Br.
-
- Abp
-
- 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.
- BSC
-
- aor
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- bp.
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- USC
-
- ATB
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- an.
-
- 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.
- CBE
-
- Co.
-
- ATC
-
- cp.
-
- ac-
-
- ab-
-
- tue
-
- cr.
-
- UTC
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ap-
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- ATP
-
- ca.
-
- USB
-
- USO
-
- ure
-
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AUC
-
- USN
-
- uns
-
- TSE
-
- USP
-
- USR
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TSP
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Ar.
-
- Tu.
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- BPS
-
- BPA
-
- BPE
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- unc
-
- BCS
-
- BCP
-
- UAE
-
- AEC
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- USA
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- 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.
- UAR
-
- 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.
- BRE
-
- ae.
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- ANC
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- UPC
-
- tr.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- tra
-
- bec
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UCR
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- TNB
-
- ur-
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- ase
-
- BEP
-
- up-
-
- BSN
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- BSO
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BSP
-
- 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.
- asb
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ASN
-
- BNS
-
- Bn.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tro
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARU
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Une
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BRT
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BSA
-
- ARS
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- UNO
-
- ACP
-
- unp
-
- APS
-
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- BSE
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SRO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- SAR
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ons
-
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Sp.
-
- OCR
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- OSP
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- So.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- OCS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- ob.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SCP
-
- NOP
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NRC
-
- NSA
-
- SCB
-
- NSC
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Oc.
-
- OBE
-
- OAP
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAU
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- OTC
-
- op.
-
- sb.
-
- SBA
-
- SBE
-
- sc.
-
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- OTB
-
- RTS
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POR
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- PRA
-
- PRC
-
- PSA
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PUC
-
- 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.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- RCP
-
- POB
-
- 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.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- RBC
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RCS
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- RPS
-
- Re.
-
- POC
-
- POA
-
- rte
-
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- OTS
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- RPO
-
- ote
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- PTO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- RNA
-
- RNR
-
- ROA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- PCS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PCB
-
- PBS
-
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROP
-
- NOC
-
- NSU
-
- 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:
- ea.
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- STB
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- 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.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- spt
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ean
-
- CST
-
- 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.
- SPR
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EBS
-
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- EEC
-
- EEO
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EOE
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- CTA
-
- CSR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- CEO
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- CNO
-
- CNS
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CSO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- CPA
-
- CPO
-
- CPR
-
- CPS
-
- CPU
-
- STP
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- 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)
- CSA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EbN
-
- Ep.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ESU
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- NCO
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ese
-
- NBA
-
- NBC
-
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
-
- ESR
-
- uts
-
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.
- ERP
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- SOC
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noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Son
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noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERT
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- EPT
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- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPS
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- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- SNU
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- SOB
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noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- ESA
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- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SOP
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noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Esc
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- err
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verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- EPA
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- R.
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- RC
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- TN
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- t.
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- AO
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- TC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- PB
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- RN
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- TB
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- PU
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- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
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- CB
-
- UB
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- UT
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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.
- CE
-
- S.
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- UC
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- SU
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- OA
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- SN
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RP
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- N.
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- CU
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- U.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- NP
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- RO
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- Eb
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- TP
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
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- B-
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BC
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- RU
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- ee
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- BO
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- NC
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