Anagrams of psilanthropism
Word psilanthropism has
2301 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of psilanthropism.
- hit-or-miss
-
adjective,
careless; inattentive; haphazard:
- hospitalism
-
noun,
hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- Hispanist
-
noun,
a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- lampposts
-
noun,
a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- imprisons
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- Stalinism
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noun,
the principles of communism associated with Joseph Stalin, characterized especially by the extreme suppression of dissident political or ideological views, the concentration of power in one person, and an aggressive international policy.
- mistrials
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- Platonism
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noun,
the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- halitosis
-
noun,
a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.
- sinistro-
-
- plastrons
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- sinistral
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adjective,
of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- alpinisms
-
noun,
mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- transship
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verb (used with object),
to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- hailstorm
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noun,
a storm with hail.
- alpinists
-
noun,
a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- ironsmith
-
noun,
a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- atropisms
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noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- Romanists
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- isarithms
-
noun,
isopleth.
- saintship
-
noun,
the qualities or status of a saint.
- isthmians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an isthmus.
- piroplasm
-
noun,
babesia.
- altissimo
-
noun,
in altissimo, in the second octave above the treble staff.
- moralists
-
noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- prosimian
-
noun,
a prosimian animal.
- tranships
-
verb (used with or without object),
transship.
- misprints
-
noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- trinomial
-
adjective,
Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- on-limits
-
adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- Tsimshian
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of the coastal region of British Columbia.
- hispanism
-
noun,
a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence.
Compare hispanidad.
- historian
-
noun,
an expert in history; authority on history.
- homilists
-
noun,
a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- aphorists
-
noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- spoilsman
-
noun,
a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- priapisms
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noun,
Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- horntails
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noun,
any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- palmitins
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 51 H 98 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.
- mirlitons
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noun,
kazoo.
- sportsman
-
noun,
a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- tailspins
-
noun,
spin (def 23).
- Harmonist
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noun,
a person skilled in harmony.
- prolamins
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noun,
any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- spritsail
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noun,
a sail extended by a sprit.
- Plotinism
-
noun,
the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- impassion
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verb (used with object),
to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- Sapphism
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noun,
lesbianism.
- prosaist
-
noun,
a person who writes prose.
- Latinism
-
noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- appoints
-
verb (used with object),
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
- aspirins
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- aphorism
-
noun,
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).
- aphorist
-
noun,
a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- protasis
-
noun,
the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if.
Compare apodosis.
- maintops
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- psalmist
-
noun,
an author of psalms.
- malisons
-
noun,
a curse.
- tampions
-
noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- marplots
-
noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- Romanist
-
noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Lothians
-
noun,
a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- martinis
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- prosaism
-
noun,
prosaic character or style.
- prolamin
-
noun,
any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- rampions
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- apostils
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- hispano-
-
- arsonist
-
noun,
a person who commits arson.
- sinapism
-
noun,
mustard plaster.
- tailspin
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noun,
spin (def 23).
- harpists
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noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- implants
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
implantation (def 1).
- haplonts
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noun,
the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- haplosis
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noun,
the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- smartish
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adjective,
rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted:
- Smithson
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noun,
James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
- snappish
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adjective,
apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- snapshot
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noun,
an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- imprison
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verb (used with object),
to confine in or as if in a prison.
- solarism
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noun,
the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- hospitia
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noun,
a hospice.
- hospital
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noun,
an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- horntail
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noun,
any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- himation
-
noun,
a garment consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth thrown over the left shoulder and wrapped about the body.
- homilist
-
noun,
a person who writes or delivers homilies.
- spirants
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- imprints
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- slip-top
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noun,
the end of a slip stem on a spoon.
- astonish
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verb (used with object),
to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze:
- simitars
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noun,
scimitar.
- lampions
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noun,
a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.
- shiplaps
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noun,
an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- shippons
-
noun,
a cow barn or cattle shed.
- Isthmian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of an isthmus.
- atropism
-
noun,
poisoning resulting from atropine or belladonna.
- isarithm
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noun,
isopleth.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Hamilton
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noun,
Alexander, 1757–1804, American statesman and writer on government: the first Secretary of the Treasury 1789–97; mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.
- Potiphar
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noun,
the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- Irishman
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noun,
a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- hairpins
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noun,
a slender U -shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress.
- stasimon
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noun,
(in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- starship
-
noun,
a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- sirloins
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- inthrals
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- priapism
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noun,
Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- lamppost
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noun,
a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- topspins
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noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate forward.
- 11-point
-
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- pathosis
-
noun,
a diseased condition.
- Oliphant
-
noun,
Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- Photinia
-
noun,
any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.
- Osmanlis
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- tripolis
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noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- phimosis
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noun,
constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
- palmitin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 51 H 98 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.
- plastron
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- amorists
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- pianisms
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noun,
the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- Naismith
-
noun,
James, 1861–1939, U.S. physical-education teacher and originator of basketball, born in Canada.
- parsnips
-
noun,
a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
- pintails
-
noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- plasmins
-
noun,
fibrinolysin.
- Pasolini
-
noun,
Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- transoms
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- amitosis
-
noun,
the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- passport
-
noun,
an official document issued by the government of a country to one of its citizens and, varying from country to country, authorizing travel to foreign countries and authenticating the bearer's identity, citizenship, right to protection while abroad, and right to reenter his or her native country.
- Phaistos
-
noun,
an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- tranship
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verb (used with or without object),
transship.
- mistrals
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- platino-
-
- alphorns
-
noun,
alpenhorn.
- topsails
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- Politian
-
noun,
(Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- tropisms
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- pianists
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- Alpinism
-
noun,
mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- anthrop.
-
- althorns
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- mirliton
-
noun,
kazoo.
- oralisms
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- pinitols
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- misprint
-
noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- oralists
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Alpinist
-
noun,
a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- moralist
-
noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- Miltonia
-
noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- Milpitas
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- Simplon
-
noun,
a mountain pass in S Switzerland, in the Lepontine Alps: crossed by a carriage road constructed 1800–06 on Napoleon's orders. 6592 feet (2010 meters) high.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- instils
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- phantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- pinitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- inthral
-
verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- Philips
-
noun,
Ambrose, 1675?–1749, English poet and dramatist.
- siphons
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- Siphnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).
- sinopis
-
noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- philos.
-
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Simpson
-
noun,
James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
- pianist
-
noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- photism
-
noun,
a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
- pianism
-
noun,
the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- postals
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- smaltos
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- spinors
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- orphans
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- Spanish
-
noun,
the Spanish people collectively.
- ornith-
-
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- spilths
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- spinals
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- holisms
-
noun,
Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.
Compare organicism (def 1).
- Sophist
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Greek History.
any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation.
a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
- spirals
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- oralism
-
noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- spirits
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Onitsha
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria, on the Niger River.
- optimal
-
adjective,
optimum (def 3).
- Orphism
-
noun,
the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- Sophism
-
noun,
a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone.
- pathol.
-
- parsnip
-
noun,
a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
- imprint
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- imposts
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- imports
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- implant
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical.
any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
implantation (def 1).
- Passion
-
noun,
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- impasto
-
noun,
the laying on of paint thickly.
- parison
-
noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- sonship
-
noun,
the state, fact, or relation of being a son.
- imparts
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- impairs
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- normals
-
adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- papists
-
noun,
a Roman Catholic.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- hot-air
-
noun,
empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing:
- Osmanli
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- 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.
- mortals
-
noun,
a human being.
- pintail
-
noun,
a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- ramtils
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- malison
-
noun,
a curse.
- ptisans
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- Mithras
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- maintop
-
noun,
a platform at the head of the lower mainmast.
- mitosis
-
noun,
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- rampion
-
noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- ramsons
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- ransoms
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- rappini
-
noun,
rapini.
- Rappist
-
noun,
Harmonist.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Lothian
-
noun,
a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- loiasis
-
noun,
infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.
- Romains
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- plasmo-
-
- prostas
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.
- manship
-
- planish
-
verb (used with object),
to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- Marston
-
noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- poplins
-
noun,
a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- poplars
-
noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- pontils
-
noun,
punty.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- prisons
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- Polaris
-
noun,
Astronomy. the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper.
- mission
-
noun,
a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance, or the like.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- mishits
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- marplot
-
noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- marlins
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- prompts
-
noun,
Commerce.
a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note)
the contract setting the time limit.
- Marisol
-
noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- propman
-
noun,
a person responsible for securing, handling, and storing the properties used in a theatrical, motion-picture, or television production.
- plinths
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- plasmin
-
noun,
fibrinolysin.
- Romansh
-
noun,
a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland.
Compare Ladin (def 2).
- isatins
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- shiplap
-
noun,
an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- Shapiro
-
noun,
Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shastri
-
noun,
Lal Bahadur [lahl bah-hah-doo r] /lɑl bɑˈhɑ dʊər/ (Show IPA), 1904–66, Indian statesman: prime minister 1964–66.
- Pistoia
-
noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- pissoir
-
noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- pissant
-
noun,
Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- lampion
-
noun,
a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.
- shilpit
-
adjective,
(of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- Shipman
-
noun,
a sailor.
- Lappish
-
noun,
Lapp (def 2).
- shippon
-
noun,
a cow barn or cattle shed.
- shorans
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- Postman
-
noun,
a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- shrimps
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- isospin
-
noun,
isotopic spin.
- simians
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- similar
-
adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- isation
-
- shantis
-
noun,
peace.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- rompish
-
adjective,
given to romping; frolicsome.
- Sampson
-
noun,
Deborah, 1760–1827, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier who fought disguised as a man.
- lithias
-
noun,
Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- Rossini
-
noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- sailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- lipomas
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- mohairs
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- salmons
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- saltish
-
adjective,
somewhat salty.
- santims
-
noun,
a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
- pitmans
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Moissan
-
noun,
Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1852–1907, French chemist: Nobel prize 1906.
- sashimi
-
noun,
raw fish cut into very thin slices.
- satoris
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- laptops
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- harpist
-
noun,
a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- aristo-
-
- Tharsis
-
noun,
Tarshish.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- hansoms
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- toprail
-
noun,
the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- hatpins
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- tampons
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- transl.
-
- hairpin
-
noun,
a slender U -shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress.
- sprains
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- haplont
-
noun,
the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- aorists
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Stimson
-
noun,
Henry L(ewis) 1867–1950, U.S. statesman: secretary of war 1911–13, 1940–45; secretary of state 1929–33.
- astrol.
-
- alphorn
-
noun,
alpenhorn.
- thorias
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- harmost
-
noun,
a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.
- transom
-
noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- transp.
-
- appoint
-
verb (used with object),
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
- aristos
-
noun,
aristocrat.
- airship
-
noun,
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
- sprints
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Tripoli
-
noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- tampion
-
noun,
a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- arshins
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- thirams
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- Apophis
-
noun,
a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.
- althorn
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- tsarism
-
noun,
czarism.
- timpani
-
noun,
a set of kettledrums, especially as used in an orchestra or band.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tarnish
-
noun,
a tarnished coating.
- tahinis
-
noun,
a paste made of ground sesame seeds.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- topspin
-
noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate forward.
- Hampton
-
noun,
Lionel, 1908–2002, U.S. jazz vibraphonist.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Hippias
-
noun,
flourished 6th century b.c, tyrant of Athens (brother of Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus).
- aspirin
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- stamin-
-
- tropism
-
noun,
an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- tarpons
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- spitals
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Amphion
-
noun,
a son of Antiope by Zeus, and the husband of Niobe. With his twin brother, Zethus, he built the walls of Thebes, charming the stones into place with his lyre.
- stamnos
-
noun,
a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.
- splints
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- rishis
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- roasts
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- ralphs
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- pimola
-
noun,
an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- rhinal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nose; nasal.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- rhino-
-
- pipals
-
noun,
a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- arshin
-
noun,
a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches (71 cm).
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- tampon
-
noun,
a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- latish
-
adjective,
somewhat or rather late.
- Samson
-
noun,
a judge of Israel famous for his great strength. Judges 13–16.
- Namhoi
-
noun,
Nanhai.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Sansom
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samson.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Shansi
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Shanxi.
- Santos
-
noun,
a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port.
- phials
-
noun,
vial.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- sapors
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Taisho
-
noun,
the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Sappho
-
noun,
c620–c565 b.c, Greek poet, born in Lesbos.
- sapro-
-
- phasor
-
noun,
a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- phasis
-
noun,
a manner, stage, or aspect of being; phase.
- Pharos
-
noun,
a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Lashio
-
noun,
a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- phanos
-
noun,
fanon.
- philia
-
- Philip
-
noun,
one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- arsons
-
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.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- Romish
-
adjective,
of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- MSPhar
-
- lithos
-
noun,
lithography.
- litho.
-
- Lithia
-
noun,
Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- ashpit
-
noun,
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- philo-
-
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- lipoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Salish
-
noun,
a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
- salmis
-
noun,
salmi.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- rosins
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Moriah
-
noun,
a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- plani-
-
- minish
-
verb (used with or without object),
to diminish or lessen.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- poplin
-
noun,
a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- amnios
-
- mohair
-
noun,
the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- portal
-
noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- Portia
-
noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Popish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- milit.
-
- Potash
-
noun,
potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- potass
-
noun,
potash.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- thoria
-
noun,
a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- poplar
-
noun,
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- anthol
-
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- mishit
-
noun,
a bad or faulty hit, as in tennis or cricket.
- Mithra
-
noun,
the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- amphi-
-
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- missal
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
- plinth
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- aniso-
-
- mishap
-
noun,
an unfortunate accident.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- mirths
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- plasm-
-
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- miosis
-
noun,
excessive constriction of the pupil of the eye, as a result of drugs, disease, or the like.
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- polit.
-
- antho-
-
- plano-
-
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Thomas
-
noun,
an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- amino-
-
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- thamin
-
noun,
a small deer, Cervus eldi, of southeastern Asia, having long, curved antlers: now reduced in numbers throughout its range.
- topman
-
noun,
a person stationed for duty in a top.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- tarso-
-
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- morass
-
noun,
a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- 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.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- pipits
-
noun,
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
- morph-
-
- maists
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- morphs
-
noun,
Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment.
Compare allomorph (def 2).
- mopish
-
adjective,
given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- marish
-
noun,
a marsh.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- thirls
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- matri-
-
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- primos
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- primps
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- masto-
-
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pithos
-
noun,
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Pithom
-
noun,
one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- pro-am
-
noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- thiram
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 12 N 2 S 4 , insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, soluble in benzene and acetone, used as a vulcanizer and accelerator for rubber and as a fungicide, bacteriostat, and seed disinfectant.
- monish
-
verb (used with object),
to admonish.
- thiols
-
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- prompt
-
noun,
Commerce.
a limit of time given for payment for merchandise purchased, the limit being stated on a note of reminder (prompt note)
the contract setting the time limit.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- lathis
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- haplo-
-
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- smalts
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Pamiri
-
noun,
a member of a Caucasian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- haoris
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- impost
-
noun,
a tax; tribute; duty.
- import
-
noun,
something that is imported from abroad; an imported commodity or article.
- impish
-
adjective,
mischievous.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- smarts
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Imphal
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Manipur state, in NE India.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- sprits
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- impair
-
noun,
Archaic. impairment.
- Smiths
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- smolts
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- sloths
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- panto-
-
- palish
-
adjective,
somewhat pale.
- intra-
-
- Stamps
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- Parish
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Papist
-
noun,
a Roman Catholic.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- papism
-
noun,
Roman Catholicism.
- Paphos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Hamlin
-
noun,
Hannibal, 1809–91, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1861–65.
- instr.
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Shalom
-
interjection,
peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell).
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- hansom
-
noun,
a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Sippar
-
noun,
an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spahis
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- Hilton
-
noun,
Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- troph-
-
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- spilth
-
noun,
spillage (def 1).
- splosh
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
splash.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Holman
-
noun,
Nathan ("Nat") 1896–1995, U.S. basketball player and coach.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- splats
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- holism
-
noun,
Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.
Compare organicism (def 1).
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- hoists
-
- hippo-
-
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- hippos
-
noun,
hippopotamus.
- spiro-
-
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- histo-
-
- Sothis
-
noun,
the name for the star Sirius, the Dog Star, given by the ancient Egyptians.
- 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.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sprats
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- ihrams
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- snaths
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- iatro-
-
- Othman
-
noun,
Osman.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Ossian
-
noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- orphan
-
noun,
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- somat-
-
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- somni-
-
- hostas
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sports
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- tromps
-
verb (used with object),
to tramp or trample.
- Sophar
-
noun,
Zophar.
- hatpin
-
noun,
a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- horsts
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- mithan
-
noun,
gayal.
- Pashto
-
noun,
an Indo-European, Iranian language that is the official language of Afghanistan and the chief vernacular of the eastern part of the nation.
- Patmos
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- passim
-
adverb,
here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited.
- simars
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Shinar
-
noun,
a land mentioned in the Bible, often identified with Sumer.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- Ishtar
-
noun,
the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- astro-
-
- stomas
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stolas
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- nitro-
-
- astron
-
- Simons
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- shoats
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- Alioth
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Ursa Major.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- shnaps
-
noun,
schnapps.
- patho-
-
- shirts
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- storms
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- shorts
-
noun,
something that is short.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- shrimp
-
noun,
any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- pastis
-
noun,
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
- tahini
-
noun,
a paste made of ground sesame seeds.
- stomps
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- pathos
-
noun,
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- airish
-
adjective,
given to putting on airs.
- patrol
-
noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- shanti
-
noun,
peace.
- shamir
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-hahk] /yɪtsˈhɑk/ (Show IPA), 1915–2012, Israeli political leader: prime minister 1986–92.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- staphs
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- trans.
-
- laptop
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- assort
-
verb (used with object),
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- parols
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- 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.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Sharps
-
noun,
a single-shot, lever-action breechloader rifle patented in the U.S. in 1848 and adopted by the U.S. military in the 1850s.
- patri-
-
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- plat.
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- plash
-
noun,
a gentle splash.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Plath
-
noun,
Sylvia, 1932–63, U.S. poet.
- paths
-
noun,
a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- plan-
-
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Orth.
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- phano
-
noun,
fanon.
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Phila
-
- trop-
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orial
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Phil.
-
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- phial
-
noun,
vial.
- Pharm
-
- patr-
-
- plast
-
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- opsis
-
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- 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.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- pant-
-
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- part.
-
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pipit
-
noun,
any of several small songbirds of the genus Anthus, of the family Motacillidae, resembling the larks in coloration, structure, and habits.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pipal
-
noun,
a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- pimps
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- pari-
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Parl.
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- phon.
-
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- path-
-
- tonia
-
- pahos
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- phot.
-
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- pashm
-
noun,
the fine woolly underhair of goats raised in northern India.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- pass.
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- palpi
-
noun,
plural of palpus.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- palps
-
noun,
a palpus.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- stomp
-
noun,
stamp (def 14).
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- stoas
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinhs
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- stash
-
noun,
something put away or hidden:
- Sino-
-
- staph
-
noun,
staphylococcus.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- simas
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Shari
-
noun,
Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- Sharp
-
noun,
something sharp.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- opahs
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- shims
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- shins
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- shirt
-
noun,
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shits
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- shpt.
-
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- slams
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- SLAPP
-
noun,
Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- somas
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- sophs
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- spor-
-
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- spahi
-
noun,
one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- span-
-
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spasm
-
noun,
Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- spats
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Spohr
-
noun,
Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- soaps
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- slaps
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- slash
-
noun,
a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slosh
-
noun,
watery mire or partly melted snow; slush.
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- smash
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Smith
-
noun,
a worker in metal.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snaps
-
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snash
-
noun,
insolence; impertinence.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- 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.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- thio-
-
- prim.
-
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- primp
-
verb (used with object),
to dress or adorn with care.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- 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.
- Thira
-
noun,
Thera.
- prom.
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- proms
-
noun,
a formal dance, especially one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year.
- pron.
-
- prop.
-
- Tharp
-
noun,
Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- pros.
-
- Thais
-
noun,
flourished late 4th century b.c, Athenian courtesan: mistress of Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I.
- Tasso
-
noun,
Torquato [tawr-kwah-taw] /tɔrˈkwɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1544–95, Italian poet.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- plio-
-
- plops
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- pomps
-
noun,
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Port.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- poss.
-
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- post-
-
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Prot.
-
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- romps
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- 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.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- saith
-
verb,
third person singular present of say1 .
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- SAMOS
-
noun,
a Greek island in the E Aegean. 194 sq. mi. (502 sq. km).
- Sampo
-
noun,
a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- samps
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- psoas
-
noun,
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Ralph
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rashi
-
noun,
(Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rhin-
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Ophir
-
noun,
a country of uncertain location, possibly southern Arabia or the eastern coast of Africa, from which gold and precious stones and trees were brought for Solomon. I Kings 10:11.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- insol
-
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Laith
-
adjective,
loath.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- naso-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- astr.
-
- Iran.
-
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- ation
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- atmo-
-
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- Lahti
-
noun,
a city in S Finland, NNE of Helsinki.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- lm-hr
-
- matr-
-
- hails
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- ition
-
- natl.
-
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- Ital.
-
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Missa
-
noun,
Mass.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- nitr-
-
- arith
-
- lapps
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- hosts
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Mahon
-
noun,
a seaport on E Minorca, in the Balearic Islands.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- hosp.
-
- assn.
-
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- asst.
-
- hort.
-
- Haiti
-
noun,
Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Miss.
-
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hipp-
-
- mosts
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Hiram
-
noun,
a king of Tyre in the 10th century b.c. I Kings 5.
- Mossi
-
noun,
an agricultural people of Africa living mainly in Burkina Faso.
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- hist.
-
- Moshi
-
noun,
a city in N Tanzania.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- moths
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- Mont.
-
- Holms
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- Marsh
-
noun,
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- month
-
noun,
Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- mast-
-
- masts
-
noun,
Nautical.
a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.
any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast.
any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
- Isth.
-
- math.
-
- halms
-
noun,
haulm.
- halo-
-
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- maths
-
noun,
mathematics.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Hanoi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Vietnam, in the N part, on the Songka River.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- haori
-
noun,
a loose, knee-length, Japanese garment resembling a coat.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Harim
-
noun,
harem.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Harms
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- harps
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- hasps
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- alto-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Lippi
-
noun,
Filippino [fil-uh-pee-noh;; Italian fee-leep-pee-naw] /ˌfɪl əˈpi noʊ;; Italian ˌfi lipˈpi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1457–1504, and his father, Fra Filippo [frah fi-lip-oh;; Italian frah fee-leep-paw] /frɑ fɪˈlɪp oʊ;; Italian frɑ fiˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA) or Fra Lippo [frah lip-oh;; Italian frah leep-paw] /frɑ ˈlɪp oʊ;; Italian frɑ ˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA) 1406?–69, Italian painters.
- lipo-
-
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- alti-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- imit.
-
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- amin-
-
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- insp.
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- inst.
-
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Amish
-
noun,
the Amish people.
- Miass
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
- amiss
-
Idioms,
take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- minah
-
noun,
myna.
- 30-30
-
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Lith.
-
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- init.
-
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- omni-
-
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Minho
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing SSW from NW Spain along the N boundary of Portugal into the Atlantic. 171 miles (275 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- mini-
-
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- misos
-
noun,
a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- appro
-
noun,
(of a purchase) approval:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Aphis
-
noun,
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- apish
-
adjective,
having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- appmt
-
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- lathi
-
noun,
a heavy pole or stick, especially one used as a club by police.
- miso-
-
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- anti-
-
- intr.
-
- anth-
-
- anis-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- ihram
-
noun,
the dress worn by male Muslims on their pilgrimage to Mecca, consisting of two white cotton cloths, one worn round the waist, the other over the left shoulder.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- oasts
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anim.
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Mirth
-
noun,
gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- int.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- intl
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- opah
-
noun,
a large, deep-bodied, brilliantly colored, oceanic food fish, Lampris regius.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Sam.
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Saml
-
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- Sams
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Samuel.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Lat.
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- sash
-
noun,
a long band or scarf worn over one shoulder or around the waist, as by military officers as a part of the uniform or by women and children for ornament.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lit.
-
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- 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.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rpt.
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- itis
-
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shr.
-
- ISSN
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- iso-
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- isls
-
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- itol
-
- shmo
-
noun,
schmo.
- Sat.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Sham
-
noun,
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- Lapp
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- 1080
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- Lani
-
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- shim
-
noun,
a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- Lam.
-
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- ins.
-
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- appt
-
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- appl
-
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- app.
-
- apo-
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Thai
-
noun,
Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- aph-
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tion
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- ano-
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Apr.
-
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- art.
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tanh
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tasm
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arm.
-
- ARIS
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- amt.
-
- ASSR
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tri-
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Ahom
-
noun,
an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- tRNA
-
- Ahir
-
noun,
a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- tron
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- amp.
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- AMLS
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- top-
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- hor.
-
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- Hos.
-
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- Homs
-
noun,
a city in W Syria.
- hom-
-
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Soni
-
- HRIP
-
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- INRI
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- Imp.
-
- IMHO
-
- SMSA
-
- SMTP
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- soln
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Hsia
-
noun,
a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- halm
-
noun,
haulm.
- hal-
-
- hair
-
noun,
any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hail
-
noun,
a shout or call to attract attention:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- ator
-
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- 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.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- str.
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- atm.
-
- thi-
-
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- ASTM
-
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Hapi
-
noun,
Apis.
- Holm
-
noun,
a low, flat tract of land beside a river or stream.
- Hims
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- hol-
-
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- HMAS
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Hiss
-
noun,
a hissing sound, especially one made in disapproval.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- spp.
-
- HASP
-
noun,
a clasp for a door, lid, etc., especially one passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or a padlock.
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Harp
-
noun,
a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- HARM
-
noun,
physical injury or mental damage; hurt:
- haps
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- pot.
-
- pos.
-
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mil.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- pash
-
noun,
an infatuation for another person; crush.
- PPLO
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- min.
-
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- pomp
-
noun,
stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pat.
-
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- poms
-
noun,
pommy.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pop-
-
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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):
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Nor.
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- palp
-
noun,
a palpus.
- NTIA
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- pam.
-
- Mar.
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- 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.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Man.
-
- prs.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- PSAT
-
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- pro-
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nos-
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- par.
-
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- mhos
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- prin
-
- Mass
-
noun,
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
- Pan.
-
- MASH
-
noun,
a soft, pulpy mass.
- MIPS
-
- NIMH
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- pipi
-
noun,
an edible bivalve of eastern Australia, Plebidonax deltoides.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- Nah.
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- MOpt
-
- Moss
-
noun,
any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by spores and growing in tufts, sods, or mats on moist ground, tree trunks, rocks, etc.
- Moth
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having crepuscular or nocturnal habits.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pil-
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSPH
-
- MSHA
-
- MSTS
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- pimp
-
noun,
a person, especially a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- phr.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- mops
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- mis-
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- 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.
- PLSS
-
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Pol.
-
- MNAS
-
- Phar
-
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- phat
-
noun,
Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- OHMS
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- psia
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- pts.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- rit.
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- RNAS
-
- osis
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Ont.
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Rapp
-
noun,
George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- opp.
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ptah
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- mal-
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Pal.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paho
-
noun,
a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIIA
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- opia
-
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ONI
-
- TRH
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- at.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Mt.
-
- MTS
-
- MTP
-
- MTO
-
- STI
-
- PHS
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TSH
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- MTh
-
- MST
-
- hr.
-
- HAM
-
noun,
a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- TSI
-
- OPA
-
- 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.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- MSN
-
- HAP
-
noun,
one's luck or lot.
- Sta
-
- HSM
-
- Am.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- an.
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- AHL
-
- STP
-
- Tro
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ahi
-
noun,
yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.
- Ar.
-
- ast
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- OPM
-
- PhL
-
- PhM
-
- ATP
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- al.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ap-
-
- HMS
-
- trp
-
- STM
-
- STL
-
- PHA
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pp.
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- ThM
-
- NPR
-
- SST
-
- Apl
-
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- pm.
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Pa.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- OTS
-
- Ohm
-
noun,
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the electrical resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant potential difference applied between these points produces in this conductor a current of one ampere. The resistance in ohms is numerically equal to the magnitude of the potential difference. Symbol: Ω.
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- NOP
-
- 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.
- NRA
-
- th-
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AMS
-
- OAS
-
- tlo
-
- 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.
- OAP
-
- tlr
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- TMO
-
- OSA
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- NSA
-
- op.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- pah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of disgust or disbelief.)
- TIA
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- PTO
-
- pt.
-
- Ps.
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- aor
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- NHA
-
- NIA
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIH
-
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- ASI
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Om.
-
- NHS
-
- ASM
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- TAL
-
- NHL
-
- ASR
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- NHI
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- APS
-
- TPI
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- OIr
-
- OSS
-
- OSP
-
- OIt
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- tph
-
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- TPM
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Ola
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ALM
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- St.
-
- TSS
-
- SSR
-
- shp
-
- ish
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- Isl
-
- Mao
-
- prp
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- PSA
-
- ISR
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- sht
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- sho
-
- PTP
-
- Lt.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMA
-
- ISA
-
- IRS
-
- RPS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- PRA
-
- ior
-
- SLA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- IPA
-
- iph
-
- IPM
-
- mi.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- IPO
-
- MHR
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- SSN
-
- Ir.
-
- mho
-
noun,
See under siemens.
- MHA
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- PPS
-
- So.
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- lpm
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- RPM
-
- ROA
-
- LON
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- LMT
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LPN
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LTh
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SHA
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- LST
-
- LSS
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LIM
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- PPT
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ppr
-
- pl.
-
- PIO
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MOR
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- MOI
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- PPM
-
- MNA
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- MLS
-
- MLR
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hip
-
noun,
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
- ml.
-
- MSA
-
- SSM
-
- SSI
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- MSI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- MSH
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- MRP
-
- MRI
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- MRA
-
- SPR
-
- PLR
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPH
-
- HIM
-
noun,
Informal. a male:
- MPA
-
- MLA
-
- MNS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SMS
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Hts
-
- in.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- POR
-
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- PMT
-
- Ia.
-
- PLO
-
- POA
-
- ial
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- ILO
-
- MIP
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- IAS
-
- IHP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ht.
-
- HST
-
- INH
-
- SLR
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ppl
-
- PPI
-
- pph
-
- MIT
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- SLP
-
- IHS
-
- SMA
-
- hrs
-
- pli
-
- NM
-
- SM
-
- SA
-
- HP
-
- SL
-
- MH
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ln
-
- N.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- RO
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- IP
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NL
-
- AO
-
- SN
-
- RP
-
- S.
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- L2
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- RH
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- NH
-
- L1
-
- TL
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LH
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- PH
-
- TM
-
- L.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- LR
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- NI
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- h.
-
- HL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- O.
-
- NP
-
- M.
-
- OA
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MP
-
- TP
-
- ol
-
- i.
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LM
-