Anagrams of pteridophytes
Word pteridophytes has
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- pteridophyte
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noun,
any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- epistrophe
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noun,
Also called epiphora. Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …”.
Compare anaphora (def 1).
- three-spot
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noun,
a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
- epiphytes
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noun,
a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte.
- tephroite
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noun,
a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
- Thesproti
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plural noun,
the first inhabitants of ancient Epirus.
- Potteries
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noun,
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- tephrites
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- hysteroid
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adjective,
resembling hysteria.
- posterity
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noun,
succeeding or future generations collectively:
- sheep-dip
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noun,
a lotion or wash applied to the fleece or skin of sheep to kill vermin, usually applied by immersing the animals in vats.
- isothere
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noun,
a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- strepto-
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- perthite
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noun,
a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- epidotes
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- epiphyte
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noun,
a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte.
- psephite
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noun,
any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- perseity
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noun,
(in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- tetrodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- pterido-
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- poperies
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noun,
the Roman Catholic Church, especially its doctrines, ceremonies, and system of government.
- trippets
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noun,
a projection, cam, or the like, for striking some other part at regular intervals.
- hystero-
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- potsherd
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noun,
a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- theorist
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noun,
a person who theorizes.
- diopters
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- epispore
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noun,
the principal outer covering of a spore.
- portside
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adjective, adverb,
on a waterfront or near a port.
- theories
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noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- pretties
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noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- typhoids
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noun,
Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- peptides
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noun,
a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- spheroid
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noun,
a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- pipettes
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noun,
a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.
- oystered
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noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- tephrite
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noun,
a basaltic rock consisting essentially of pyroxene and plagioclase with nepheline or leucite.
- dopester
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noun,
a person who undertakes to predict the outcome of elections, sports events, or other contests that hold the public interest.
- trophies
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noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- trophied
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adjective,
adorned with trophies.
- prophesy
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verb (used with object),
to foretell or predict.
- serotype
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noun,
a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- tippytoe
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noun, verb (used without object),
tiptoe.
- thorites
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noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- stripped
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noun,
a striptease.
- peridots
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- heredity
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noun,
the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- shortie
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noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- ethiops
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adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- peptide
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noun,
a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- hosiery
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noun,
stockings or socks of any kind.
- topside
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noun,
the upper side.
- pothers
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noun,
commotion; uproar.
- shopper
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noun,
a person who shops.
- pottery
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noun,
ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- Peridot
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noun,
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- torpids
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noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- Perseid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- potties
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noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- teredos
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- pretest
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noun,
an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- Rosette
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- hoptree
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noun,
any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
- preside
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- Toryish
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a Tory.
- tetrode
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing four electrodes, usually a plate, two grids, and a cathode.
- prepose
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verb (used with object),
to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: .
- typhoid
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noun,
Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- toppers
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noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- tiptops
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noun,
the extreme top or summit.
- episode
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noun,
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- epithet
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noun,
any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality:
- heriots
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- pyropes
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noun,
a mineral, magnesium-aluminum garnet, Mg 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in crystals of varying shades of red, and frequently used as a gem.
- thorite
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noun,
a rare mineral, thorium silicate, ThSiO 4 , occurring in the form of yellow or black crystals.
- Pyrites
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noun,
pyrite.
- phoresy
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noun,
(among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- heptose
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noun,
any monosaccharide containing seven carbon atoms.
- epidote
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- heptode
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing seven electrodes, usually a plate, a cathode, a control electrode, and four grids.
- tipster
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- Tippets
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noun,
a scarf, usually of fur or wool, for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends hanging down in front.
Compare stole2 (def 2).
- esotery
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noun,
esotericism.
- shipper
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noun,
a person who ships goods or makes shipments.
- pipette
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noun,
a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids from one container to another.
- typeset
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adjective,
(of written, textual matter) set in type.
- physio-
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- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- petites
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noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- pettish
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adjective,
petulantly peevish:
- history
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noun,
the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- hyster-
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- petitor
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noun,
a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- thereto
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adverb,
to that place, thing, etc.
- hipster
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noun,
a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- treetop
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noun,
the top or uppermost branches of a tree.
- popeyed
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adjective,
marked by bulging, staring eyes:
- hydrops
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noun,
(formerly) edema.
- thirsty
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adjective,
feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- eyeshot
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noun,
range of vision; view:
- eyespot
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noun,
a sensory organ of lower animals, having a light-perceiving function.
- tithers
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noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- thyroid
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noun,
thyroid gland.
- heteros
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noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- podites
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noun,
an arthropod limb.
- hetero-
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- sidero-
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- tethers
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noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- peyotes
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noun,
mescal (def 3).
- destroy
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verb (used with object),
to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- disport
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noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- prithee
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interjection,
(I) pray thee.
- dehorts
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verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- stereo-
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- diptote
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noun,
a substantive declined in only two cases, especially when occurring in a language in which this is less than the normal number.
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- isotype
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noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- stopper
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noun,
a person or thing that stops.
- spotted
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noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- protest
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noun,
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid:
- redtops
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noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- spotter
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noun,
a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- syrphid
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noun,
syrphid fly.
- diopter
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noun,
Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- tripody
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noun,
a measure of three feet.
- oreides
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noun,
oroide.
- tripods
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noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- deports
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verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- try-pot
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noun,
See under tryworks.
- trippet
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noun,
a projection, cam, or the like, for striking some other part at regular intervals.
- deposit
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- protist
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noun,
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- stetho-
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- despite
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noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- prythee
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interjection,
prithee.
- strophe
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noun,
the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- spidery
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adjective,
like a spider or a spider's web.
- stepper
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noun,
a person or animal that steps, especially a horse that lifts its front legs high at the knee.
- Prophet
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noun,
a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- yester-
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- Steptoe
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noun,
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
- T-shirt
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noun,
a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- distort
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verb (used with object),
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed:
- sphero-
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- Detroit
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- striped
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- oersted
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic intensity, equal to the magnetic pole of unit strength when undergoing a force of one dyne in a vacuum. Abbreviation: Oe.
- spitter
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- isopyre
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noun,
an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- red-hot
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noun,
a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
- re-pose
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verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- isohyet
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noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- ophites
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noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- dithers
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noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- thirty
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noun,
a cardinal number, 10 times 3.
- thyro-
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- sorted
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noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sotted
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adjective,
drunken; besotted.
- thyrse
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noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Hersey
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noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- thirst
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noun,
a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Osprey
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noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- Hesiod
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noun,
fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.
- Hester
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noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- heresy
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noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- oreide
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noun,
oroide.
- Odette
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noun,
a female given name.
- spider
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noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- set-to
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noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- tiered
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- spired
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noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- heders
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noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- spiro-
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- thrips
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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.
- Ophite
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noun,
a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- thorps
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noun,
a hamlet; village.
- shirty
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adjective,
bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
- Thorpe
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noun,
James Francis ("Jim") 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
- sphery
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adjective,
having the form of a sphere; spherelike.
- herpes
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noun,
any of several diseases caused by herpesvirus, characterized by eruption of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes.
Compare chickenpox, genital herpes, oral herpes, shingles.
- sphere
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noun,
Geometry.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 .
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
- Speyer
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noun,
a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine.
- speedo
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noun,
speedometer.
- sporty
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adjective,
flashy; showy.
- speedy
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adjective,
characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- hereto
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adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- heriot
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noun,
a feudal service or tribute, originally of borrowed military equipment and later of a chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant.
- phyto-
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- heroes
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noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- spotty
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adjective,
full of, having, or occurring in spots:
- physo-
-
- thirds
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noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- Thetis
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noun,
a Nereid, the wife of Peleus and the mother of Achilles.
- shitty
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adjective,
inferior or contemptible.
- tether
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noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- shorty
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- Storey
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noun,
story2 .
- Hopper
-
noun,
a person or thing that hops.
- yippee
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interjection,
(an exclamation used to express joy, exultation, or the like.)
- Street
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Horite
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noun,
an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
- Horsey
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adjective,
horsy.
- pedros
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noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- Tethys
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
- hosier
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noun,
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- sippet
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noun,
a small bit; fragment.
- perish
-
Idioms,
perish the thought, may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- Peters
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noun,
penis.
- hotter
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hottie
-
noun,
a sexually attractive person.
- period
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noun,
a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics:
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- stripe
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- sipper
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noun,
a person who sips.
- stripy
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adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- teredo
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noun,
a shipworm of the genus Teredo.
- stript
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noun,
a striptease.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- sypher
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verb (used with object),
to join (boards having beveled edges) so as to make a flush surface.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- peyote
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noun,
mescal (def 3).
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- theirs
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- Phedre
-
noun,
a tragedy (1677) by Racine.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Steppe
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noun,
an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
- hydro-
-
- Irtysh
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noun,
a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- hydros
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noun,
Informal. hydroelectric power.
- Hyeres
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noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- hiero-
-
- hyeto-
-
- hyoids
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noun,
the hyoid bone.
- Thiers
-
noun,
Louis Adolphe [lwee a-dawlf] /lwi aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1797–1877, French statesman: president 1871–73.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- hyper-
-
- Petros
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noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- hipped
-
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.
- Petite
-
noun,
a category of clothing sized for women or girls of less than average height and with average or diminutive figures.
- hippo-
-
- hippos
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noun,
hippopotamus.
- hypso-
-
- Sophie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- shoppe
-
noun,
shop (used chiefly for quaint effect).
- Sopher
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- histo-
-
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- stythe
-
noun,
chokedamp.
- stithy
-
noun,
an anvil.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- theory
-
noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- reship
-
verb (used with object),
to ship again.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Ethiop
-
adjective, noun,
Ethiopian.
- pretty
-
noun,
Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- dorsi-
-
- Dorset
-
noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- Dorsey
-
noun,
Tommy, 1905–56, U.S. jazz trombonist and bandleader.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- dories
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Dottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- dopers
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Pripet
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- dittos
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- Topper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tops.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Tophet
-
noun,
a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch. It was later used as a dumping ground for refuse.
- pother
-
noun,
commotion; uproar.
- potpie
-
noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- dropsy
-
noun,
(formerly) edema.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- potted
-
noun,
a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- Potter
-
noun,
a person who makes pottery.
- drippy
-
adjective,
dripping or tending to drip:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- dither
-
noun,
a trembling; vibration.
- distr.
-
- Popish
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church.
- troph-
-
- depths
-
noun,
a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- Rheydt
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, adjacent to Mönchen-Gladbach. 96,000 (1963).
- depose
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- deport
-
verb (used with object),
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- dehort
-
verb (used with object),
to try to dissuade.
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- redtop
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- trophy
-
noun,
anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- troths
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- T-stop
-
noun,
a camera lens aperture setting calibrated to a T number.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Rhodes
-
noun,
Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- ptero-
-
- ripped
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- dipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that dips.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- Dieppe
-
noun,
a seaport in N France, on the English Channel: raided by an Allied expeditionary force August 1942.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- dhotis
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- detest
-
verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- redoes
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- ephods
-
noun,
a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Ex. 28:6, 7, 25–28.
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- either
-
adverb,
also; too; as well; to the same degree (used after negative clauses coordinated by and, or, or nor, or after negative subordinate clauses):
- pipets
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- septi-
-
- tippee
-
noun,
a person who receives a tip, as of money or information.
- tipper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tips:
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tippet
-
noun,
a scarf, usually of fur or wool, for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, and usually having ends hanging down in front.
Compare stole2 (def 2).
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- pitted
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- tiptoe
-
noun,
the tip or end of a toe.
- tithes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- ephors
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- Epiph.
-
- tiptop
-
noun,
the extreme top or summit.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- erodes
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- 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.
- pyrope
-
noun,
a mineral, magnesium-aluminum garnet, Mg 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in crystals of varying shades of red, and frequently used as a gem.
- septet
-
noun,
any group of seven persons or things.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- epodes
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- tither
-
noun,
a person who gives or pays tithes, as to a church.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- tythes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- typist
-
noun,
a person who operates a typewriter.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- popery
-
noun,
the Roman Catholic Church, especially its doctrines, ceremonies, and system of government.
- pipers
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- eyepit
-
noun,
eye socket.
- repps
-
noun,
rep1 .
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- rept.
-
- rhod-
-
- soppy
-
adjective,
soaked, drenched, or very wet, as ground.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- sophy
-
noun,
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
- pyoid
-
adjective,
pertaining to pus; puslike.
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- 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.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- phot.
-
- Pedro
-
noun,
any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- PEDir
-
- sero-
-
- OPers
-
- pedo-
-
- sheep
-
noun,
any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- pyro-
-
- pedi-
-
- sito-
-
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resp.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- retd.
-
- sherd
-
noun,
shard.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Orth.
-
- Reedy
-
adjective,
full of reeds:
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- shied
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- shier
-
noun,
a horse having a tendency to shy.
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- rhet.
-
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Shire
-
noun,
one of the counties of Great Britain.
- oste-
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- 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.
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- seti-
-
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- props
-
noun,
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:
- phore
-
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- phyre
-
- potty
-
noun,
a seat of reduced size fitting over a toilet seat, for use by a small child.
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- poet.
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- Perth
-
noun,
Also called Perthshire. a historic county in central Scotland.
- pert.
-
- pred.
-
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- Petty
-
noun,
Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Port.
-
- popsy
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- seedy
-
adjective,
abounding in seed.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- petri
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- petr-
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- seepy
-
adjective,
(especially of ground, a plot of land, or the like) soaked or oozing with water; not drained.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- post-
-
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Piper
-
noun,
a person who plays on a pipe.
- Prot.
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- Pepys
-
noun,
Samuel, 1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prod.
-
- pithy
-
adjective,
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible:
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- prop.
-
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- pros.
-
- phyte
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- peeps
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- shred
-
noun,
a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- ropes
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- phys.
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- prep.
-
- preps
-
noun,
preparatory school.
- Pres.
-
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- shpt.
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- peri-
-
- shott
-
noun,
chott.
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- Sept.
-
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- hipp-
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- ephor
-
noun,
one of a body of magistrates in various ancient Dorian states, especially at Sparta, where a body of five was elected annually by the people.
- ephod
-
noun,
a richly embroidered, apronlike vestment having two shoulder straps and ornamental attachments for securing the breastplate, worn with a waistband by the high priest. Ex. 28:6, 7, 25–28.
- Ephes
-
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- tithe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- tythe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Epis.
-
- Edyth
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edith
-
noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “rich, happy” and “war.”.
- edit.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Epist
-
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- heist
-
noun,
a robbery or holdup:
- Heyse
-
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.
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- heeds
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- heder
-
noun,
(especially in Europe) a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- Esth.
-
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- typo-
-
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- tippy
-
adjective,
(of an object) liable to tip over.
- typps
-
noun,
a number representing the aggregate of thousands of yards of yarn weighing one pound.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- erode
-
verb (used with object),
to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:
Synonyms: corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Antonyms: strengthen, reinforce.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Herod
-
noun,
("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- dirty
-
Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- dippy
-
adjective,
somewhat mad or foolish:
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- dhoti
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- depth
-
noun,
a dimension taken through an object or body of material, usually downward from an upper surface, horizontally inward from an outer surface, or from top to bottom of something regarded as one of several layers.
- dept.
-
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- dishy
-
adjective,
Chiefly British. very attractive; pretty or beautiful:
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Deity
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- tropy
-
- Troth
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dist.
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- dopey
-
adjective,
stupid; inane:
- Dotty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Dorothea and Dorothy.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dorty
-
adjective,
sullen; sulky.
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- toti-
-
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doper
-
noun,
a drug addict.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- disty
-
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Doisy
-
noun,
Edward Adelbert [ad-l-bert,, uh-del-] /ˈæd l bərt,, əˈdɛl-/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- doeth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Ditto
-
noun,
the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do.
Compare ditto mark.
- ditty
-
noun,
a poem intended to be sung.
- ditsy
-
adjective,
flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- herds
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stopt
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- yirds
-
noun,
earth.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Teyde
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), Teide, Pico de.
- ideo-
-
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- hosp.
-
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- hort.
-
- 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.
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- horde
-
noun,
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd:
- ither
-
adjective, pronoun, adverb,
other.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- 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.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- 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.
- Isth.
-
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- Hoppe
-
noun,
Willie (William Frederick) 1887–1959, U.S. billiards player.
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- hier-
-
- their
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hoise
-
verb (used with object),
to hoist.
- theo-
-
- theor
-
- thio-
-
- Theos
-
- hist.
-
- hydr-
-
- hypes
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- Hypo-
-
- hyoid
-
noun,
the hyoid bone.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- HIRES
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- hippy
-
noun,
hippie.
- Hetty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- hopes
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- herp.
-
- hypos
-
noun,
a hypodermic syringe or injection.
- hides
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rit.
-
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tri-
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- typ.
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- trid
-
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- spp.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shod
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- 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.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- Ste.
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- 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.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- tidy
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- trit
-
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- typp
-
noun,
a number representing the aggregate of thousands of yards of yarn weighing one pound.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- std.
-
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- ter.
-
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- rpt.
-
- Todt
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1942, German military engineer.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- shr.
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TODS
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tit.
-
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- the-
-
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tody
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- str.
-
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Syr.
-
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- TDRS
-
- thi-
-
- syph
-
noun,
syphilis (often preceded by the).
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- pity
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- opsy
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- eyed
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- OSRD
-
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- ord.
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- opp.
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- Eph.
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- epi-
-
- epit
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- edhs
-
noun,
eth.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- perh
-
- phr.
-
- Doty
-
adjective,
(of wood) decayed.
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- dpt.
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Pers
-
- perp
-
noun,
the perpetrator of a crime.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- per.
-
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- drys
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- pehs
-
noun,
pe.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- peep
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- peds
-
- pede
-
- ped.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Esd.
-
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- hire
-
noun,
the act of hiring.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- yids
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- HETP
-
noun,
a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- hide
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- Hyde
-
noun,
Douglas, 1860–1949, Irish author and statesman: president of Ireland. 1938–45.
- hyp.
-
- hype
-
noun,
exaggerated publicity; hoopla.
- Yedo
-
noun,
a former name of Tokyo.
- 1080
-
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Hope
-
noun,
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- hor.
-
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- yird
-
noun,
earth.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ire.
-
- eso-
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- esp.
-
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Eth.
-
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- iso-
-
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- yrs.
-
- ette
-
- Hedy
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “pleasing.”.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- heed
-
noun,
careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
- Heep
-
noun,
Uriah, Uriah Heep.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heir
-
noun,
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- her.
-
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- herd
-
noun,
a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock:
- yods
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- iod-
-
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- HRIP
-
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- pts.
-
- PTSD
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dys-
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- pos.
-
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- pro-
-
- prs.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pre-
-
- Dyer
-
noun,
John, 1700–58, British poet.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dyes
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- der.
-
- depr
-
- psid
-
- ppd.
-
- pot.
-
- dep.
-
- deys
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- pop-
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- pipy
-
adjective,
pipelike; tubular.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- Rep.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- pyr-
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Dory
-
noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pyo-
-
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repp
-
noun,
rep1 .
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HPD
-
- Tro
-
- HEP
-
adjective,
hip4 .
- DET
-
- dh-
-
- TSH
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- TTY
-
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- 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.
- hie
-
verb (used with object),
to hasten (oneself):
- trp
-
- do.
-
- DPH
-
- hd.
-
- DSO
-
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hyd
-
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- TSI
-
- Dey
-
noun,
the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- de-
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- TSP
-
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- 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.
- ThD
-
- th-
-
- TSE
-
- TID
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- hr.
-
- Tpr
-
- EDP
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- edh
-
noun,
eth.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ed.
-
- ETD
-
- eo-
-
- tr.
-
- DTh
-
- DST
-
- TPI
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- DSR
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- DSP
-
- tph
-
- Dry
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- tpd
-
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DPS
-
- DPP
-
- DPI
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- EDT
-
- di.
-
- ery
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ety
-
- dye
-
noun,
a coloring material or matter.
- ESR
-
- DIY
-
- ese
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EEO
-
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- Ep.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EOE
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- EIS
-
- TRH
-
- eir
-
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- Doi
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- Ehr
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- TTS
-
- HRE
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- pp.
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PDT
-
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PPT
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- PPS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Peh
-
noun,
pe.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- hrs
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- OIr
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OIt
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ory
-
- ose
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OSP
-
- ot-
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- prp
-
- pd.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- ppr
-
- RPO
-
- SDR
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POR
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SED
-
- se-
-
- SDI
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- PHS
-
- sht
-
- shp
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- PPI
-
- PhD
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- sho
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- py-
-
- 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.
- PID
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- PIO
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- pph
-
- PPE
-
- oid
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- IHS
-
- Yeo
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ier
-
- yer
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- IHP
-
- RDS
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Yid
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- STP
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- yod
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ior
-
- 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.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- TDY
-
- iph
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HST
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- id.
-
- io-
-
- ide
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- IDP
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- yds
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- IOT
-
- IPO
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- Rd.
-
- YTD
-
- ite
-
- SPR
-
- ity
-
- PTT
-
- St.
-
- PTP
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- OED
-
- op.
-
- OSD
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- ipr
-
- Rs.
-
- IRO
-
- STI
-
- ISR
-
- ish
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IPS
-
- RPS
-
- Re.
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- ist
-
- Ir.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- R.
-
- DP
-
- RP
-
- RI
-
- TT
-
- ry
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RH
-
- RO
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- D.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- S.
-
- t.
-
- HP
-
- yr
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ty
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- IP
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- TD
-
- h.
-
- T1
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- yd
-
noun,
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- YT
-
- Y.
-
- i.
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TP
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- PH
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- 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.
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 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.
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- ey
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.