Anagrams of pulchritudinous
Word pulchritudinous has
1836 anagrams
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- punctilious
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adjective,
extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- punctilios
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noun,
a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- ridiculous
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adjective,
causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable:
- dirhinous
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adjective,
having paired nostrils.
- punctilio
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noun,
a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- countship
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noun,
the rank or position of a count.
- courtship
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noun,
the wooing of one person by another.
- unpolitic
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adjective,
impolitic.
- crop-dust
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verb (used with object),
to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
- incurious
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adjective,
not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- ludicrous
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adjective,
causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable:
- triploids
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noun,
a triploid cell or organism.
- tricuspid
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noun,
Anatomy. a tricuspid part, as a tooth.
- trichions
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noun,
the point of intersection of the normal hairline and the middle line of the forehead.
- diclinous
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adjective,
(of a plant species, variety, etc.) having the stamens and the pistils in separate flowers, either on the same plant or on different plants; either monoecious or dioecious.
- Conilurus
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- utilidors
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noun,
an aboveground, insulated network of pipes and cables, used to convey water and electricity in communities situated in areas of permafrost.
- dioptrics
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noun,
the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- uroliths
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noun,
a urinary calculus.
- 11-point
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- cuspidor
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noun,
a large bowl, often of metal, serving as a receptacle for spit, especially from chewing tobacco: in wide use during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- diplonts
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noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- pin-curl
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noun,
a dampened curl that is kept in place by a clip or hairpin.
- Christo-
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- tripodic
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adjective,
having or using three feet or legs.
- pinitols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- diprotic
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adjective,
(of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- tripolis
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noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- holistic
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adjective,
incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice:
- linocuts
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- purloins
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- Plutonic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- cipolins
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noun,
an impure variety of marble with alternate white and greenish zones and a layered structure.
- triploid
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noun,
a triploid cell or organism.
- puruloid
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adjective,
resembling pus.
- roundish
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adjective,
somewhat round:
- strophic
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adjective,
Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- dioptric
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adjective,
Optics. pertaining to dioptrics:
- Sculptor
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noun,
a person who practices the art of sculpture.
- utilidor
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noun,
an aboveground, insulated network of pipes and cables, used to convey water and electricity in communities situated in areas of permafrost.
- ructions
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- crinoids
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noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- roundups
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noun,
the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.
- historic
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adjective,
well-known or important in history:
- unshroud
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verb (used with object),
to divest of a shroud or something that shrouds or hides:
- Lordship
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- clitoris
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noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- sinciput
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noun,
the forepart of the skull.
- sit-upon
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noun,
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- psilocin
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noun,
a psilocybin metabolite with strong hallucinogenic potency, produced after ingestion of the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- ornithic
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adjective,
of or relating to birds.
- Plotinus
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noun,
a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- discount
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noun,
the act or an instance of discounting.
- conduits
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- touch-up
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noun,
an act or instance of touching up:
- dilution
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noun,
the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- orchitis
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noun,
inflammation of the testis.
- poli-sci
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noun,
political science:
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- inductor
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noun,
Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- dictions
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- opinicus
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noun,
a heraldic monster having the head, neck, and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion, and the tail of a bear.
- colpitis
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noun,
vaginitis.
- noctuids
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noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- sciuroid
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adjective,
sciurine.
- nitrolic
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adjective,
of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- trichoid
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adjective,
resembling hair; hairlike.
- trichion
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noun,
the point of intersection of the normal hairline and the middle line of the forehead.
- politics
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noun,
the science or art of political government.
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- Dioscuri
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plural noun,
Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda.
- Stilicho
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noun,
Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- philous
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- litchis
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noun,
the fruit of a Chinese tree, Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family, consisting of a thin, brittle shell enclosing a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed.
- lithoid
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adjective,
resembling stone; stonelike.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- couldst
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noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- constr.
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- Photius
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noun,
a.d. c820–891, patriarch of Constantinople 858–867, 877–882.
- philos.
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- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- Pictish
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noun,
the language of the Picts, apparently a Celtic language.
- inclips
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verb (used with object),
to grasp or enclose.
- Cornish
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noun,
the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
- nourish
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verb (used with object),
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- crinoid
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noun,
any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.
- sculpin
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noun,
any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- incisor
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noun,
any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- phonics
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noun,
a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- turnups
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noun,
something that is turned up or that turns up.
- consult
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noun,
a consultation.
- shut-in
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noun,
a person confined by infirmity or disease to the house, a hospital, etc.
- noctuid
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noun,
Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- thionic
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adjective,
of or relating to sulfur.
- photics
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noun,
the science of light.
- nodulus
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noun,
a small node, especially on the vermis of the cerebellum.
- lipoids
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noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- outrush
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noun,
a rapid or intense outflow:
- incrust
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verb (used with object),
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- tricho-
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- oilcups
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noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- diplont
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noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- prudish
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adjective,
excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- purlins
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noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- diurons
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- shilpit
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adjective,
(of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- ostrich
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noun,
a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- pundits
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noun,
a learned person, expert, or authority.
- indicts
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verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- Curtius
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noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1814–96, German archaeologist and historian.
- ornith-
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- indults
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noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- torpids
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noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- distich
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noun,
a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
- diction
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- inducts
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verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- disrupt
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adjective,
broken apart; disrupted.
- orchils
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noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- disport
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noun,
diversion; amusement; play; sport.
- cushion
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noun,
a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
- purloin
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- tundish
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noun,
(in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- Dolphin
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noun,
any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- Proclus
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noun,
a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- tuchuns
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noun,
the title of a military governor of a province during the period 1916–28.
- insculp
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verb (used with object),
to carve in or on something; engrave.
- trophic
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adjective,
of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- culprit
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noun,
a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.
- product
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noun,
a thing produced by labor:
- pushrod
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noun,
a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- tripods
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noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- pushout
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noun,
throwaway (def 5).
- cuprous
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adjective,
containing copper in the univalent state, as cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O.
- outruns
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verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- pursuit
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noun,
the act of pursuing:
- silicon
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noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- curious
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adjective,
eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- inpours
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- Tripoli
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noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- Corinth
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noun,
an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- silurid
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noun,
any of numerous Old World freshwater fishes of the family Siluridae, comprising the catfishes.
- chitons
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noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- suction
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noun,
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
- chondr-
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- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- politic
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adjective,
shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic.
- Nichols
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noun,
John, born 1940, U.S. novelist.
- spiroid
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adjective,
more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- loutish
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adjective,
like or characteristic of a lout; awkward; clumsy; boorish.
- holdups
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noun,
a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- run-out
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noun,
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
- Hotspur
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noun,
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
- chitins
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noun,
a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- Sulphur
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noun,
Chiefly British. sulfur (def 1).
- roundup
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noun,
the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.
- Houdini
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noun,
Harry (Erich Weiss) 1874–1926, U.S. magician.
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- Script.
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- Hirudin
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noun,
a gray or white, water-soluble acidic polypeptide obtained from the buccal gland of leeches, used in medicine chiefly as an anticoagulant.
- chopins
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noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- unipods
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noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- Rudolph
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noun,
Paul (Marvin) 1918–97, U.S. architect.
- ruinous
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adjective,
bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous:
- Ictinus
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noun,
flourished mid-5th century b.c, Greek architect, a designer of the Parthenon.
- cistron
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noun,
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
- upsilon
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noun,
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- upholds
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verb (used with object),
to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism:
- iridous
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adjective,
containing trivalent iridium.
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- citrons
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noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- sirloin
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- ruction
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- conduit
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noun,
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
- hit-run
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adjective,
hit-and-run (defs 1, 2, 4).
- histoid
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adjective,
Pathology. resembling normal tissue in structure.
- upturns
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noun,
chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.
- clip-on
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noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- Pitocin
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- urinous
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- cipolin
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noun,
an impure variety of marble with alternate white and greenish zones and a layered structure.
- uncouth
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adjective,
awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly:
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- huipils
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noun,
a richly embroidered cotton blouse worn by women in Mexico and Central America, often very wide and low-cut.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- loudish
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adjective,
somewhat loud.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- Pinchot
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noun,
Gifford, 1863–1946, U.S. political leader, forester, and teacher.
- urolith
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noun,
a urinary calculus.
- splotch
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noun,
a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- chin-up
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noun,
an act or instance of chinning a horizontal bar, rod, or the like.
- pinitol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- coltish
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adjective,
playful; frolicsome.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- uncurls
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verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- plutons
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noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- 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.
- plinths
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noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Iphitus
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noun,
a son of Eurytus, thrown to his death off the walls of Tiryns by Hercules.
- oilcup
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noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- distil
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verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- stolid
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adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- Isidor
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noun,
a male given name.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spilth
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noun,
spillage (def 1).
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- stound
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noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- toluic
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adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- ichors
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noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- locust
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noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- lipids
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noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- pundit
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noun,
a learned person, expert, or authority.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- schorl
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noun,
Mineralogy. a black tourmaline.
- schrod
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noun,
scrod.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- tophus
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noun,
a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- spinto
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adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- purlin
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noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- punish
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verb (used with object),
to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault:
- distr.
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- Ruston
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- houris
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noun,
one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- Huston
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noun,
John, 1906–87, U.S. film director and writer.
- Scipio
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noun,
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major [puhb-lee-uh s kawr-neel-yuh s,, af-ri-key-nuh s,, -kan-uh s,, -kahn-] /ˈpʌb li əs kɔrˈnil yəs,, ˌæf rɪˈkeɪ nəs,, -ˈkæn əs,, -ˈkɑn-/ (Show IPA), ("Scipio the Elder") 237–183 b.c, Roman general who defeated Hannibal.
- indict
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verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- spruit
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noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- onrush
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noun,
a strong forward rush, flow, etc.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- Lucius
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noun,
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- sprout
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noun,
a shoot of a plant.
- disco-
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- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Diuril
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- diuron
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- spiro-
-
- Hudson
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noun,
Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- huipil
-
noun,
a richly embroidered cotton blouse worn by women in Mexico and Central America, often very wide and low-cut.
- hounds
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- runout
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noun,
Machinery.
the gradual termination of a groove on the body of an object not ending there, as the upper termination of a flute in a twist drill.
Also called back clearance. a space in a depressed area of an object into which a machine tool or grinding wheel may safely enter at the end of a pass or operation.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- oldish
-
adjective,
somewhat old:
- oculus
-
noun,
an eye.
- indic.
-
- sculp.
-
- ductor
-
noun,
the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- litchi
-
noun,
the fruit of a Chinese tree, Litchi chinensis, of the soapberry family, consisting of a thin, brittle shell enclosing a sweet, jellylike pulp and a single seed.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Nordic
-
noun,
a member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian.
- lithos
-
noun,
lithography.
- thorps
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- thrips
-
noun,
any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants.
- tholus
-
noun,
tholos.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- sculpt
-
verb (used with or without object),
Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
- droits
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- lituus
-
noun,
Geometry. a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- dustup
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument; row.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- thiols
-
- durocs
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- litho.
-
- nocti-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- DuPont
-
noun,
Eleuthère Irénée [e-lœ-ter ee-rey-ney] /ɛ lœˈtɛr i reɪˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.
- dupion
-
noun,
a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms.
- lithic
-
noun,
Archaeology. a stone artifact.
- no-hit
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting a game in which a pitcher allows no base hits to the opposing team:
- nitro-
-
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- thirds
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- Dunlop
-
noun,
John Boyd, 1840–1921, Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tire.
- Duluth
-
noun,
Daniel Greysolon [da-nyel gre-saw-lawn] /daˈnyɛl grɛ sɔˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Sieur, 1636–1710, French trader and explorer in Canada and Great Lakes region.
- thirls
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- thurls
-
noun,
the hip joint of cattle.
- holdup
-
noun,
a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- lipoid
-
noun,
a fat or fatlike substance, as lecithin or wax.
- lochus
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a subdivision of an army.
- histo-
-
- Putsch
-
noun,
a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
- donuts
-
noun,
doughnut.
- putrid
-
adjective,
in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- stupor
-
noun,
suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:
- rhinos
-
noun,
a rhinoceros.
- Pushtu
-
noun,
Pashto.
- incurs
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- Tishri
-
noun,
the first month of the Jewish calendar.
- stupid
-
noun,
Informal. a stupid person.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- rhino-
-
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- Thurs.
-
- inclip
-
verb (used with object),
to grasp or enclose.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Hilton
-
noun,
Conrad (Nicholson) 1887–1979, U.S. hotel owner and developer.
- sulph-
-
- scouth
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- Hindus
-
noun,
Maurice Gerschon [gur-shuh n] /ˈgɜr ʃən/ (Show IPA), 1891–1969, U.S. writer, born in Russia.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- dorsi-
-
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- rhotic
-
noun,
a rhotic sound.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- rouths
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- rhodic
-
adjective,
of or containing rhodium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- hispid
-
adjective,
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- cuspid
-
noun,
(in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Sindhi
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Sind.
- pilous
-
adjective,
pilose.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- Pindus
-
noun,
a mountain range in central Greece: highest peak, 7665 feet (2335 meters).
- slouch
-
noun,
a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders; an awkward, drooping posture or carriage.
- chiros
-
noun,
the ladyfish, Elops saurus.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- unipod
-
noun,
something that is formed with a single leg or foot, as a one-legged support for a camera.
- Cnidus
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near here 394 b.c.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- chirps
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- Clouds
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- itious
-
- unship
-
verb (used with object),
to put or take off from a ship, as persons or goods.
- plinth
-
noun,
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- uncurl
-
verb (used with or without object),
to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.
- cloths
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Chilon
-
noun,
flourished 556 b.c, Greek sage and ephor at Sparta.
- should
-
auxiliary verb,
simple past tense of shall.
- Chino-
-
- picots
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picro-
-
- chinos
-
noun,
a tough, twilled cotton cloth used for uniforms, sports clothes, etc.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- cordis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the heart.
- piculs
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- shroud
-
noun,
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- snitch
-
noun,
Also called snitcher. an informer.
- chiro-
-
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- contr.
-
- contd.
-
- Chiron
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a wise and beneficent centaur, teacher of Achilles, Asclepius, and others.
- consul
-
noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- urino-
-
- Pontus
-
noun,
an ancient country in NE Asia Minor, bordering on the Black Sea: later a Roman province.
- Chopin
-
noun,
an old Scottish unit of liquid measure equivalent to about a quart.
- polit.
-
- upshot
-
noun,
the final issue, the conclusion, or the result:
- irido-
-
- churns
-
noun,
a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- 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.
- Chiusi
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, in Tuscany; Etruscan tombs.
- churls
-
noun,
a rude, boorish, or surly person.
- chlor-
-
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- upturn
-
noun,
chaos or extreme disorder, as in society; an upheaval.
- pituri
-
noun,
a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- Chron.
-
- Christ
-
noun,
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
- urchin
-
noun,
a mischievous boy.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- chorus
-
noun,
Music.
a group of persons singing in unison.
(in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.
a piece of music for singing in unison.
a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- chori-
-
- uprush
-
noun,
an upward rush, as of water or air.
- Polish
-
noun,
a substance used to give smoothness or gloss:
- unstop
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the stopper from:
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- chitin
-
noun,
a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide, related chemically to cellulose, that forms a semitransparent horny substance and is a principal constituent of the exoskeleton, or outer covering, of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids.
- chiton
-
noun,
Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
- siphon
-
noun,
a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- clonus
-
noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- untold
-
adjective,
not told; not related; not revealed:
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- pisci-
-
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- clino-
-
- clinid
-
noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- uphold
-
verb (used with object),
to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism:
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- chilo-
-
- corpus
-
noun,
a large or complete collection of writings:
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- tripod
-
noun,
a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- Proust
-
noun,
Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1754–1826, French chemist.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- cutups
-
noun,
a prankster or show-off.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- outrun
-
verb (used with object),
to run faster or farther than.
- cupro-
-
- cupids
-
noun,
Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
- inrush
-
noun,
a rushing or pouring in.
- cultus
-
noun,
a cult.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- cui-ui
-
noun,
a freshwater sucker, Chasmistes cujus, of Nevada, having a thin-lipped mouth.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- psocid
-
noun,
any of numerous minute winged insects of the family Psocidae (order Psocoptera), including most of the common barklice, having mouth parts adapted for chewing and feeding on fungi, lichens, algae, decaying plant material, etc., and occurring on the bark of trees and the leaves of plants.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- orchil
-
noun,
a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- U-turn
-
noun,
a U -shaped turn made by a vehicle so as to head in the opposite direction from its original course.
- diplo-
-
- optics
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision.
- torpid
-
noun,
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- induc.
-
- induct
-
verb (used with object),
to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:
- orchid
-
noun,
any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers.
Compare orchid family.
- Orchis
-
noun,
any orchid.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- indult
-
noun,
a dispensation granted often temporarily by the pope, permitting a deviation from church law.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- Orlich
-
noun,
Francisco J [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–69, Costa Rican engineer and statesman: president 1962–66.
- dicho-
-
- dhotis
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- Orphic
-
adjective,
of or relating to Orpheus.
- trich-
-
- pluton
-
noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- Shinto
-
noun,
Also, Shintoism. the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
- troph-
-
- trophi
-
plural noun,
the mouthparts of an insect, including the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, labium, and hypopharynx.
- Cousin
-
noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- turco-
-
- Phocis
-
noun,
an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- phonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to speech sounds.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- couths
-
noun,
good manners; refinement:
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- lichts
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- intro.
-
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- counts
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- photic
-
adjective,
of or relating to light.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- turnup
-
noun,
something that is turned up or that turns up.
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- poults
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- philo-
-
- tuchis
-
noun,
tokus.
- tuchun
-
noun,
the title of a military governor of a province during the period 1916–28.
- Tucson
-
noun,
a city in S Arizona: health resort.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- insoul
-
verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Urundi
-
noun,
former name of Burundi.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- instr.
-
- croups
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- pounds
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- Cronus
-
noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- philic
-
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- Lords
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Isth.
-
- Lith.
-
- lipid
-
noun,
any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with proteins and carbohydrates, the chief structural components of living cells.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lipo-
-
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- 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.
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- scudo
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.
- Licht
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with or without object), adverb,
light1 .
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- shout
-
noun,
a loud call or cry:
- shpt.
-
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- shunt
-
noun,
the act of shunting; shift.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- scrod
-
noun,
a young Atlantic codfish or haddock, especially one split for cooking.
- Sino-
-
- ition
-
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- lochs
-
noun,
a lake.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- istic
-
- Scot.
-
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- pico-
-
- post-
-
- potus
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a drink.
- pouch
-
noun,
a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities:
- phots
-
noun,
a unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: ph.
- phot.
-
- phons
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, equal in number for a given sound to the intensity in decibels of a sound having a frequency of 1000 cycles per second when, in the judgment of a group of listeners, the two sounds are of equal loudness.
- phon.
-
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- Pound
-
noun,
the act of pounding.
- Phil.
-
- pours
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pouts
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- proc.
-
- prod.
-
- prods
-
noun,
the act of prodding; a poke or jab.
- pron.
-
- pros.
-
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- Proud
-
Idioms,
do one proud,
to be a source of pride or credit to a person:
to treat someone or oneself generously or lavishly:
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- Prus.
-
- Othin
-
noun,
Odin.
- Orth.
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- plush
-
noun,
a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than ⅛ inch (0.3 cm) high.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- plur.
-
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- ploid
-
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- plio-
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- piths
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- pitch
-
noun,
relative point, position, or degree:
- pisco
-
noun,
a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.
- Picus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian god of agriculture.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- porch
-
noun,
an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Port.
-
- pilch
-
noun,
an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- ordn.
-
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Schul
-
noun,
shul.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- Routh
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- Luth.
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- lurid
-
adjective,
gruesome; horrible; revolting:
- lurch
-
noun,
an act or instance of swaying abruptly.
- Lupus
-
noun,
lupus vulgaris.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- lunch
-
noun,
a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
- ludic
-
adjective,
playful in an aimless way:
- lucid
-
adjective,
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Louth
-
noun,
a county in Leinster province, in the NE Republic of Ireland. 317 sq. mi. (820 sq. km). County seat: Dunkalk.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- ruths
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Louhi
-
noun,
a sorceress, the mistress of Pohjola and an enemy of the Finns, eventually defeated by Vainamoinen.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- nitr-
-
- orch.
-
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- Punch
-
noun,
a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- 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.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Purus
-
noun,
a river in NW central South America, flowing NE from E Peru through W Brazil to the Amazon. 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- ocul-
-
- rcpt.
-
- rhin-
-
- rhod-
-
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- nudi-
-
- nuci-
-
- 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.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- notch
-
noun,
an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- rishi
-
noun,
an inspired sage or poet.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- roshi
-
noun,
the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- noct-
-
- sito-
-
- hints
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- Cons.
-
- corp.
-
- Hindi
-
noun,
the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- Hind.
-
- UNCIO
-
- sunup
-
noun,
sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- cords
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothing, especially trousers, of corded fabric; corduroys.
- Supt.
-
- ulous
-
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- uhuru
-
noun,
freedom; independence.
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Dutch
-
noun,
the people of the Netherlands and their immediate descendants elsewhere, collectively.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- Corpl
-
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- Duroc
-
noun,
one of an American breed of hardy red hogs having drooping ears.
- corpn
-
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- corps
-
noun,
Military.
a military organization consisting of officers and enlisted personnel or of officers alone:
a military unit of ground combat forces consisting of two or more divisions and other troops.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- thins
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- thio-
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- hinds
-
noun,
Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, especially in and after the third year.
- Hindu
-
noun,
a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- third
-
noun,
a third part, especially of one (1/3).
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- uncut
-
adjective,
not cut.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Hopis
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- uncus
-
noun,
any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Hond.
-
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- stoup
-
noun,
a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Holds
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- dipl.
-
- hocus
-
verb (used with object),
to play a trick on; hoax; cheat.
- Const
-
- cont.
-
- hist.
-
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Copht
-
noun,
Copt.
- copr-
-
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- thirl
-
verb (used with object),
to pierce.
- Cupid
-
noun,
Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- troch
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dorps
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- cruds
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- Doric
-
noun,
a dialect of ancient Greek spoken on Rhodes and other islands of the Dodecanese, in Crete, in Syracuse, and in all of the Peloponnesus except Arcadia.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ditch
-
noun,
a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- crush
-
noun,
the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- curds
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- dolus
-
noun,
fraud; deceit, especially involving or evidencing evil intent (distinguished from culpa):
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- trop-
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- tious
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- could
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- ducts
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- coups
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Thorp
-
noun,
a hamlet; village.
- couth
-
noun,
good manners; refinement:
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- torch
-
noun,
a light to be carried in the hand, consisting of some combustible substance, as resinous wood, or of twisted flax or the like soaked with tallow or other flammable substance, ignited at the upper end.
- thuds
-
noun,
a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- dropt
-
noun,
a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- disc.
-
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- thurl
-
noun,
the hip joint of cattle.
- dist.
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- hort.
-
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- intr.
-
- Sochi
-
noun,
a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea: resort.
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- dict.
-
- inst.
-
- chops
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- insp.
-
- insol
-
- chord
-
noun,
a feeling or emotion:
- cutup
-
noun,
a prankster or show-off.
- init.
-
- chol-
-
- Chris
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Christopher.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- churl
-
noun,
a rude, boorish, or surly person.
- churn
-
noun,
a container or machine in which cream or milk is agitated to make butter.
- Indo-
-
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incr.
-
- incor
-
- choli
-
noun,
a short-sleeved blouse or bodice, often one exposing part of the midriff, worn by Hindu women in India.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- usurp
-
verb (used with object),
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:
- Irish
-
noun,
the inhabitants of Ireland and their descendants elsewhere.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- irid-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- dhoti
-
noun,
a long loincloth worn by many Hindu men in India.
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- dich-
-
- Child
-
noun,
a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl:
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- chili
-
noun,
Also called chili pepper. the pungent pod of any of several species of Capsicum, especially C. annuum longum: used in cooking for its pungent flavor.
- Chin.
-
- Chios
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, near the W coast of Turkey. 322 sq. mi. (834 sq. km).
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- chirp
-
noun,
a chirping sound.
- chiru
-
noun,
a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.
- chits
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- choir
-
noun,
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- UNHCR
-
- incl.
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- 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.
- Hurst
-
noun,
Fannie, 1889–1968, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Huron
-
noun,
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- hurls
-
noun,
a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- hurds
-
plural noun,
hards.
- CLOUD
-
noun,
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- spor-
-
- Hunts
-
noun,
Huntingdonshire.
- 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.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- spout
-
noun,
a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Unit.
-
- 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.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- Hours
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- houri
-
noun,
one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- unhip
-
adjective,
ill-informed about or unsympathetic to current fads or trends.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Hound
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Stich
-
noun,
a verse or line of poetry.
- hosp.
-
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- Horus
-
noun,
a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- hurts
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Sophi
-
noun,
Sophy.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- Upolu
-
noun,
an island in Western Samoa, in the S Pacific: the home of Robert Louis Stevenson for the last five years of his life. 430 sq. mi. (1113 sq. km). Capital: Apia.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- updos
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- cloth
-
noun,
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- clops
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- ichor
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- icons
-
- pocul
-
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- idio-
-
- idion
-
- cunts
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- pts.
-
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- psid
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- prs.
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- tron
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- updo
-
noun,
a hairdo that is combed or brushed up, away from the face.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- Urdu
-
noun,
one of the official languages of Pakistan, a language derived from Hindustani, used by Muslims, and written with Persian-Arabic letters.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Pol.
-
- uro-
-
- Uru.
-
- urus
-
noun,
the aurochs.
- USPO
-
- USRC
-
- USTC
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- uni-
-
- Tshi
-
noun,
Twi.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- pro-
-
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tulu
-
noun,
a Dravidian language spoken in Karnataka in southern India.
- prin
-
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- Tush
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tush!”.
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- pot.
-
- posh
-
adjective,
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious:
- ulto
-
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- pos.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- PTSD
-
- tion
-
- puds
-
noun,
pudding.
- scop
-
noun,
an Old English bard or poet.
- std.
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- sch.
-
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- scr.
-
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- SPUD
-
noun,
Informal. a potato.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- SCUD
-
noun,
the act of scudding.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- such
-
Idioms,
as such. as1 (def 28).
- rpt.
-
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- str.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Ruth
-
noun,
pity or compassion.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Rush
-
noun,
the act of rushing; a rapid, impetuous, or violent onward movement.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Soph
-
noun,
a sophomore.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sinh
-
noun,
hyperbolic sine.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- shut
-
noun,
the act or time of shutting or closing.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLIC
-
- sith
-
adverb, conjunction, preposition,
since.
- sld.
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Soni
-
- shit
-
noun,
excrement; feces.
- soln
-
- scup
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S., having a compressed body and high back.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Shin
-
noun,
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sol.
-
- 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.
- shul
-
noun,
a synagogue.
- shop
-
noun,
a retail store, especially a small one.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shr.
-
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Pudu
-
noun,
a small, hollow-toothed deer of the genus Pudu, native to the South American Andes, having a dark brown or gray coat, a small head, and spiked antlers: now greatly reduced in number; P. pudu may be at risk of extinction.
- toch
-
noun,
Ernst [ernst] /ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1887–1964, Austrian composer.
- top-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- purs
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- TODS
-
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rcd.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Rich
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) rich persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- trid
-
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- tri-
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- pulu
-
noun,
a soft, elastic vegetable fiber of yellow-brown hue obtained from the young fronds of Hawaiian tree ferns, used for mattress and pillow stuffing.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- thus
-
adverb,
in the way just indicated; in this way:
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- thi-
-
- Thin
-
adverb,
in a thin manner.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- TDRS
-
- tchr
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- sur-
-
- supr
-
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- Sulu
-
noun,
a member of the most numerous tribe of Moros, living chiefly in the Sulu Archipelago.
- thir
-
pronoun,
these.
- this
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Thur
-
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- 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.
- Thun
-
noun,
a city in central Switzerland, on the Aar River, near the Lake of Thun.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- 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.
- thud
-
noun,
a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- rit.
-
- thru
-
preposition, adverb, adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of through.
- thou
-
noun,
one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- ship
-
noun,
a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dioc
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Loch
-
noun,
a lake.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dino
-
- lond
-
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lip-
-
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- dlr.
-
- 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.
- dish
-
noun,
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- lich
-
noun,
the body; the trunk.
- dis-
-
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- lin.
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- dir.
-
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Din.
-
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- DOHC
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- cur.
-
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cuds
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- NDSL
-
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- crud
-
noun,
Slang.
a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:
any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
venereal disease, especially syphilis.
Vulgar. dried semen.
- curd
-
noun,
Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- loud
-
Idioms,
out loud, aloud; audibly:
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- DCNL
-
- Ltd.
-
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- Cusp
-
noun,
a point or pointed end.
- lush
-
noun,
drunkard; alcoholic; sot.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Cush
-
noun,
money, especially when reserved for some special use.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Ind.
-
- Hunt
-
noun,
an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- Hurd
-
plural noun,
hards.
- hurl
-
noun,
a forcible or violent throw; fling.
- hurt
-
noun,
a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury.
- hilt
-
noun,
the handle of a sword or dagger.
- Hutu
-
noun,
a member of a Bantu farming people of Rwanda and Burundi, in central Africa.
- Hilo
-
noun,
a seaport on E Hawaii island, in SE Hawaii.
- ichs
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- hund
-
- ICSH
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- dups
-
verb (used with object),
to open.
- huns
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- hins
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Hopi
-
noun,
a member of a Pueblo Indian people of northern Arizona.
- hops
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- holp
-
verb,
a simple past tense of help.
- hor.
-
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Hos.
-
- Holi
-
noun,
the Hindu spring festival.
- hint
-
noun,
an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue:
- hold
-
noun,
an act of holding fast by a grasp of the hand or by some other physical means; grasp; grip:
- HOLC
-
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hol-
-
- hour
-
noun,
a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes:
- hods
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- HRIP
-
- 1080
-
- dup.
-
- duo-
-
- dol.
-
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- doup
-
noun,
the bottom, end, or butt of something.
- iso-
-
- doth
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Ipoh
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Perak state, in W Malaysia.
- dorp
-
noun,
a village; hamlet.
- Itch
-
noun,
the sensation of itching.
- itis
-
- itol
-
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dpt.
-
- drch
-
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- intl
-
- Inc.
-
- inch
-
noun,
a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dulc
-
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- iod-
-
- duct
-
noun,
any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ducs
-
noun,
duke.
- ious
-
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Nor.
-
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Ochs
-
noun,
Adolph Simon, 1858–1935, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- Col.
-
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Oudh
-
noun,
a former part of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in N India: now part of Uttar Pradesh.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- Cond
-
- phis
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- Cor.
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Chr.
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ord.
-
- phr.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Cord
-
noun,
a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- chs.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- chit
-
noun,
a signed note for money owed for food, drink, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Oct.
-
- Pich
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub or small tree, Calliandra portoricensis, of the legume family, having numerous leaflets and white, night-blooming, flowers.
- chis
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- pct.
-
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Chip
-
noun,
a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Chon
-
noun,
Also, jun. a monetary unit of North Korea, the hundredth part of a won.
- chop
-
noun,
an act or instance of chopping.
- Cdr.
-
- Chou
-
noun,
a cabbage-shaped decoration, as a rosette or knot on a woman's dress, hat, etc.
- Odus
-
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Cohn
-
noun,
Edwin Joseph, 1892–1953, U.S. chemist and researcher on blood proteins.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- cit.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Cort
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Pish
-
noun,
an exclamation of “pish!”.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- ouch
-
noun,
a clasp, buckle, or brooch, especially one worn for ornament.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cis-
-
- pith
-
noun,
Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- cir.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Chur
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.
- cpd.
-
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- Oulu
-
noun,
a city in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- OSRD
-
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- pil-
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- nos-
-
- cosh
-
noun,
a blackjack; bludgeon.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- not-
-
- Dr.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- Chu
-
noun,
a river in SE Kazakhstan, flowing NE from the Tian Shan, near the Kyrgyz border, into the desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- DSP
-
- DST
-
- DTh
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- ur-
-
- Du.
-
- UPU
-
- DUI
-
- Duc
-
noun,
duke.
- DSR
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cp.
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- 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.
- HIS
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- hit
-
noun,
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
- hod
-
noun,
a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder.
- USR
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Co.
-
- USO
-
- usu
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- UTC
-
- uti
-
- ch.
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Utu
-
noun,
the Sumerian sun god: the counterpart of the Akkadian Shamash.
- STP
-
- USP
-
- USN
-
- CHI
-
noun,
the twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet (X, χ).
- hr.
-
- CDT
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- THC
-
- ThD
-
- th-
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- TCS
-
- HCR
-
- hin
-
noun,
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- hd.
-
- HDL
-
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- HIC
-
interjection,
(an onomatopoeic word used to imitate or represent a hiccup.)
- hid
-
noun,
British. a place of concealment for hunting or observing wildlife; hunting blind.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- USC
-
- DPS
-
- up-
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- do.
-
- CPI
-
- Tro
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- UCR
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- UDC
-
- DCL
-
- DPH
-
- CPL
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- DSC
-
- DSO
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- dh-
-
- DHL
-
- UIT
-
- ult
-
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- CPO
-
- tr.
-
- Tu.
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- CSO
-
- CSR
-
- CST
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- 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.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSH
-
- trp
-
- CPU
-
- cud
-
noun,
the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
- CPS
-
- CPR
-
- TRH
-
- Tpr
-
- DPI
-
- CLI
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- doh
-
interjection,
(used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
Compare duh.
- Doi
-
- UPC
-
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- DLS
-
- UPI
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- CIP
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TID
-
- DPC
-
- DNR
-
- DLO
-
- TPN
-
- UNO
-
- TPI
-
- tph
-
- tpd
-
- di.
-
- DIL
-
- Ulu
-
noun,
a knife with a broad, nearly semicircular blade joined to a short haft at a right angle to the unsharpened side: a traditional tool of Eskimo women.
- unc
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- CNS
-
- unp
-
- DLC
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- CNO
-
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- uns
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- Clo
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- IHP
-
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- ROI
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rnd
-
- RLD
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- NSC
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- NSU
-
- NUL
-
- ROP
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Oc.
-
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- op.
-
- OSD
-
- RDS
-
- RDC
-
- RCT
-
- OTC
-
- RCN
-
- OCD
-
- RPS
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RCS
-
- NOP
-
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Rd.
-
- NCO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTh
-
- ltr
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- hop
-
noun,
an act of hopping; short leap.
- RTS
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rt.
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NHI
-
- NHL
-
- NHS
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- NIH
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- RCP
-
- och
-
interjection,
(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PCI
-
- PCS
-
- PRC
-
- PDL
-
- PDT
-
- PhD
-
- Phi
-
noun,
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- PhL
-
- pho
-
noun,
a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- PHS
-
- PID
-
- Pr.
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- POR
-
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLC
-
- pli
-
- PLO
-
- PLR
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- prn
-
- pd.
-
- OCR
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OCS
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- oic
-
- oid
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OIt
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- pc.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- OSP
-
- PUD
-
noun,
pudding.
- PUC
-
- ot-
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- OTS
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSC
-
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SRO
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- UUT
-
- SLP
-
- in.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- INH
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- SNU
-
- IOC
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- iph
-
- SLR
-
- IPO
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- IRL
-
- sc.
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ish
-
- Isl
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ILS
-
- ILP
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SPR
-
- STL
-
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- STI
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- HPD
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- spt
-
- ht.
-
- Hts
-
- HUD
-
noun,
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Hun
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic and warlike Asian people who devastated or controlled large parts of eastern and central Europe and who exercised their greatest power under Attila in the 5th century a.d.
- Hus
-
noun,
Jan [jan;; Czech yahn] /dʒæn;; Czech yɑn/ (Show IPA), Huss, John.
- ILO
-
- HUT
-
noun,
a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- ics
-
- id.
-
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- ich
-
noun,
a disease of tropical fishes, characterized by small, white nodules on the fins, skin, and eyes, caused by a ciliate protozoan, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- 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.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- POC
-
- IHS
-
- il-
-
- ITC
-
- IRO
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- LCD
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SDI
-
- Lt.
-
- SDR
-
- Shu
-
noun,
the Confucian principle of refraining from actions toward others that would be disagreeable if done to oneself.
- OIr
-
- sht
-
- LCI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LCT
-
- shp
-
- Ld.
-
- LDC
-
- LDP
-
- LHD
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- sho
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LSD
-
- LON
-
- IUS
-
- LOC
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SCP
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LDS
-
- ScD
-
- IUD
-
- TD
-
- HI
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of high:
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- 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.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- t.
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SL
-
- T1
-
- S.
-
- dl
-
- HP
-
- i.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SU
-
- DP
-
- LR
-
- HL
-
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- h.
-
- ln
-
- PH
-
- ic
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- D.
-
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- N.
-
- NC
-
- TC
-
- NP
-
- ND
-
- LC
-
- RN
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RO
-
- TN
-
- LH
-
- UL
-
- UI
-
- UH
-
interjection,
(used to indicate hesitation, doubt, or a pause).
- RI
-
- TL
-
- L.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- Ud
-
- UC
-
- U.
-
- O.
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RH
-
- RU
-
- DN
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- PU
-
- NI
-
- RP
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NH
-
- CU
-
- ol
-
- NL
-
- RC
-
- SN
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- IP
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- TP
-