Anagrams of pyrometallurgy
Word pyrometallurgy has
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- metallurgy
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noun,
the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- promulgate
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verb (used with object),
to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pyelogram
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noun,
an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- petrogram
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noun,
a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- purgatory
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noun,
(in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- allometry
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noun,
growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole organism or some part of it.
- proletary
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adjective, noun,
proletarian.
- Permalloy
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- glory-pea
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noun,
either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- temporary
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adjective,
lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent:
- regulator
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noun,
a person or thing that regulates.
- gyratory
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adjective,
moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
- Portugal
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noun,
a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- playgoer
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noun,
a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- allotype
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noun,
Biology. a type specimen of the sex opposite to that of the holotype.
- Perrault
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noun,
Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- tomalley
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noun,
the liver of a lobster.
- mortuary
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noun,
funeral home.
- allegory
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noun,
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
- temporal
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noun,
a temporal possession, estate, or the like; temporality.
- trumpery
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noun,
something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
- premolar
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noun,
a premolar tooth.
- promulge
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verb (used with object),
to promulgate.
- metallo-
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- petrol.
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- pleuro-
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- martyry
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noun,
a shrine, chapel, or the like, erected in honor of a martyr.
- pleural
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adjective,
Anatomy. of or relating to the pleura.
- moulage
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noun,
the making of a mold, especially with plaster of Paris, of objects, footprints, tire tracks, etc., as for the purpose of identification.
- playlet
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noun,
a short play.
- grouper
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noun,
any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, especially of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- pyrrole
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noun,
a colorless, toxic, liquid, five-membered ring compound, C 4 H 5 N, that is a component of chlorophyll, hemin, and many other important naturally occurring substances.
- marplot
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noun,
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- Argyrol
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- Ptolemy
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noun,
(Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- petrog.
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- pteroma
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noun,
pteron.
- 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.
- pteryla
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noun,
one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- lauroyl
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adjective,
containing the lauroyl group.
- Marylou
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noun,
a female given name.
- gyplure
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noun,
a synthetic form of the sex pheromone of the female gypsy moth, used in traps to attract males.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- tegular
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a tile.
- Margery
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- peroral
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adjective,
administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- program
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noun,
a plan of action to accomplish a specified end:
- pergola
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noun,
an arbor formed of horizontal trelliswork supported on columns or posts, over which vines or other plants are trained.
- prolate
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adjective,
elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- you-all
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pronoun,
(used in direct address to two or more persons, or to one person who represents a family, organization, etc.):
- plugola
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noun,
payment or favor given to people in media or motion pictures for favorable mention or display of a particular product or brand name.
- Euratom
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noun,
an organization formed in 1957, comprising France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, and West Germany, for coordinated action in developing and marketing their nuclear resources.
- pollute
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verb (used with object),
to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty:
- rapture
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noun,
ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- elytrum
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noun,
elytron.
- portray
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verb (used with object),
to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- re-ally
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verb (used with or without object),
to ally again or anew.
- Realtor
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- Portage
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noun,
the act of carrying; carriage.
- earplug
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noun,
a plug of soft, pliable material inserted into the opening of the outer ear, especially to keep out water or noise.
- gallery
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noun,
a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- regroup
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verb (used with object),
to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- megalo-
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- regular
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noun,
a long-standing or habitual customer or client:
- relator
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- morally
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adverb,
in a moral manner.
- poultry
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noun,
domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- pollera
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noun,
a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- gameto-
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- polymer
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noun,
a compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules, as polyethylene, or by the condensation of many smaller molecules with the elimination of water, alcohol, or the like, as nylon.
- glamour
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noun,
the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.
- roguery
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noun,
roguish conduct; rascality.
- royalty
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noun,
royal persons collectively.
- garrote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- largely
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adverb,
to a great extent; in great part; generally; chiefly:
- plumate
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adjective,
resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- preoral
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adjective,
situated in front of or before the mouth.
- plumage
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noun,
the entire feathery covering of a bird.
- Lamprey
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noun,
any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood.
- erratum
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noun,
an error in writing or printing.
- Templar
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- trouper
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noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- Allport
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noun,
Gordon W(illard) 1897–1967, U.S. psychologist and educator.
- all-out
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adjective,
using all one's resources; complete; total:
- tollage
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noun,
toll; tax.
- allergy
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noun,
an abnormal reaction of the body to a previously encountered allergen introduced by inhalation, ingestion, injection, or skin contact, often manifested by itchy eyes, runny nose, wheezing, skin rash, or diarrhea.
- allegro
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noun,
an allegro movement.
- topmaul
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noun,
a heavy hammer with a steel or wooden head, used in shipbuilding.
- parlour
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noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- Guapore
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noun,
a river forming part of the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia, flowing NW to the Mamoré River. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- trolley
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noun,
trolley car.
- gourmet
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noun,
a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
- Lyautey
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noun,
Louis Hubert Gonzalve [lwee y-ber gawn-zalv] /lwi üˈbɛr gɔ̃ˈzalv/ (Show IPA), 1854–1934, French marshal: resident general of Morocco 1912–16, 1917–25.
- partyer
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noun,
a person who parties, especially regularly or habitually:
- Palermo
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
- grapery
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noun,
a building where grapes are grown.
- Ortegal
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noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- graupel
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noun,
snow pellets.
- payroll
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noun,
a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- greatly
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adverb,
in or to a great degree; much:
- outrage
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noun,
an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- outplay
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verb (used with object),
to play better than.
- outleap
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verb (used with object),
to leap ahead of or over.
- loyalty
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noun,
the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.
- leproma
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noun,
the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- gluepot
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noun,
a double boiler in which glue is melted.
- Patmore
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noun,
Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- tempura
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noun,
seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.
- gluteal
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adjective,
pertaining to the buttock muscles or the buttocks.
- legator
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- T-group
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noun,
sensitivity group.
- Mallory
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noun,
Stephen Russell, 1813?–73, U.S. lawyer and politician.
- Maypole
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noun,
a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
- utero-
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- mopery
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noun,
mopish behavior.
- gulley
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noun,
gully1 (defs 1, 2).
- pouter
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noun,
a person who pouts.
- grapey
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adjective,
grapy.
- grumpy
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adjective,
surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- gayety
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noun,
gaiety.
- muleta
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noun,
a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.
- paleo-
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- potage
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noun,
soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- Prague
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Czech Republic, in the W central part, on the Vltava: formerly capital of Czechoslovakia.
- paleog
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- Murage
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noun,
a toll or tax for the repair or construction of the walls or fortifications of a town.
- portly
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adjective,
rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- patrol
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noun,
a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- portal
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noun,
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- pallet
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noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- galley
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noun,
a kitchen or an area with kitchen facilities in a ship, plane, or camper.
- gyrate
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adjective,
Zoology. having convolutions.
- grater
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noun,
a person or thing that grates.
- prayer
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noun,
a devout petition to God or an object of worship.
- outage
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noun,
an interruption or failure in the supply of power, especially electricity.
- pelota
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noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- Murray
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noun,
Sir (George) Gilbert (Aimé) [ey-mey] /eɪˈmeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1957, English classical scholar.
- groper
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noun,
a person or thing that gropes.
- gleamy
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adjective,
gleaming.
- Myrtle
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noun,
any plant of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, a shrub of southern Europe having evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and aromatic berries: anciently held sacred to Venus and used as an emblem of love.
Compare myrtle family.
- pro-am
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noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- grouty
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adjective,
sulky; surly; bad-tempered.
- pretor
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noun,
praetor.
- Gretry
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noun,
André Ernest Modeste [ahn-drey er-nest maw-dest] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈnɛst mɔˈdɛst/ (Show IPA), 1741–1813, French operatic composer.
- Mollet
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noun,
Guy [gahy;; French gee] /gaɪ;; French gi/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, French political leader.
- Ortler
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noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- payout
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noun,
an act or instance of paying, expending, or disbursing.
- eulogy
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noun,
a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person.
- murrey
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noun,
a dark purplish-red color.
- pearly
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adjective,
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
- gullet
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noun,
the esophagus.
- pallor
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noun,
unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death; wanness.
- Europa
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noun,
Also, Europe. Classical Mythology. a sister of Cadmus who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull and taken to Crete, where she bore him Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Sarpedon.
- yogurt
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noun,
a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.
- orgeat
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noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- Gallo-
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- gallet
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noun,
spall (def 1).
- parrot
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- parole
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noun,
Penology.
the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.
such release or its duration.
an official document authorizing such a release.
- mortar
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noun,
a receptacle of hard material, having a bowl-shaped cavity in which substances are reduced to powder with a pestle.
- garote
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noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- Garret
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noun,
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
- Garter
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noun,
Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- parrel
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noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- guemal
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noun,
huemul.
- parure
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noun,
a matching set of jewels or ornaments.
- Morley
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noun,
Christopher Darlington, 1890–1957, U.S. writer.
- goaler
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- pleura
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleur-
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- Motley
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noun,
a combination of different colors.
- mulley
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adjective, noun,
muley.
- platy-
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- plater
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- partly
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adverb,
in part; to some extent or degree; partially; not wholly:
- Player
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noun,
a person or thing that plays.
- plural
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noun,
the plural number.
- get-up
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noun,
getup.
- mullet
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noun,
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
- Pareto
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noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- Palmer
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- plague
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noun,
an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
- palter
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- paltry
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adjective,
ridiculously or insultingly small:
- gallop
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noun,
a fast gait of the horse or other quadruped in which, in the course of each stride, all four feet are off the ground at once.
- Gallup
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noun,
George Horace, 1901–84, U.S. statistician.
- Muller
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noun,
an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- galore
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adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- parget
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noun,
any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- morgue
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noun,
a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.
- gamely
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adverb,
in a game or plucky manner:
- petro-
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- gamet-
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- peltry
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- Parley
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noun,
a discussion or conference.
- Moreau
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noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1826–98, French painter.
- parlor
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noun,
Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- yearly
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noun,
a publication appearing once a year.
- poetry
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- morula
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noun,
the mass of cells resulting from the cleavage of the ovum before the formation of a blastula.
- pulley
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noun,
a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines.
- proleg
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noun,
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
- tamper
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- tergal
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adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- maltol
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 3 , obtained from larch bark, pine needles, chicory, or roasted malt, used for enhancing flavors and aromas, as in foods, wines, and perfumes.
- Maputo
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Mozambique, on Delagoa Bay.
- Tempyo
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adjective,
of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, a.d. 725–794, characterized by the flowering of Buddhist architecture and statuary: combined T'ang Chinese influences and emerging native traits.
- ampule
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noun,
a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
- amulet
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noun,
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
- tegula
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noun,
(in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.
- Margot
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noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- teapoy
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noun,
a small three-legged table or stand.
- tauro-
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- Laurel
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noun,
Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Compare laurel family.
- Targum
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noun,
a translation or paraphrase in Aramaic of a book or division of the Old Testament.
- Marley
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noun,
Robert Nesta ("Bob") 1945–81, Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter: popularizer of Rastafarianism.
- tampur
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noun,
tambura.
- Argyle
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noun,
a diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colors, used in knitting socks, sweaters, etc.
- tergum
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noun,
the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
- Argyll
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noun,
a historic county in W Scotland.
- Taylor
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noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- Tagore
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noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Rupert
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noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- rumply
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adjective,
rumpled or tending to rumple:
- rumple
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- armlet
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Martyr
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noun,
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- armory
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noun,
a storage place for weapons and other war equipment.
- Armour
-
noun,
armor.
- armure
-
noun,
a woolen or silk fabric woven with a small, raised pattern.
- larrup
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verb (used with object),
to beat or thrash.
- Ruyter
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noun,
Michel Adriaanssoon de [Dutch mi-khuh l ah-dree-ahn-soon duh] /Dutch ˈmɪ xəl ˌɑ driˈɑn sun də/ (Show IPA), 1607–76, Dutch admiral.
- amylo-
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- termor
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noun,
a person who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- troupe
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noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- uptear
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verb (used with object),
to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- uproar
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noun,
a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- uprear
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verb (used with object),
to raise up; lift:
- ultra-
-
- ullage
-
noun,
the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
- turgor
-
noun,
Plant Physiology. the normal distention or rigidity of plant cells, resulting from the pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell walls.
- Tupelo
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noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- lyrate
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adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- Tulear
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noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- aerugo
-
noun,
verdigris.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- trullo
-
noun,
a dwelling of the Apulia region of Italy, roofed with conical constructions of corbeled dry masonry.
- agouty
-
noun,
agouti.
- lumper
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- lepto-
-
- Malory
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1400–71, English author.
- Mallet
-
noun,
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- almery
-
noun,
ambry.
- maguey
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Agave, of the agave family, especially the cantala, A. cantala.
- allure
-
noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- trompe
-
noun,
Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- luteo-
-
- luteal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- tremor
-
noun,
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- lupoma
-
noun,
any of the tubercles occurring in lupus vulgaris.
- trolly
-
noun,
trolley.
- rugate
-
adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- lately
-
adverb,
of late; recently; not long since:
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- remora
-
noun,
any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- layout
-
noun,
an arrangement or plan:
- regula
-
noun,
(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- really
-
adverb,
in reality; actually:
- metal.
-
- metall
-
- rarely
-
adverb,
on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom:
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- Rampur
-
noun,
a city in Uttar Pradesh state in N India.
- replay
-
noun,
an act or instance of replaying.
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- ragtop
-
noun,
an automobile having a folding canvas top; convertible.
- ragout
-
noun,
French Cookery. a highly seasoned stew of meat or fish, with or without vegetables.
- putlog
-
noun,
any of a number of short pieces of lumber supporting a scaffold's floor.
- employ
-
noun,
employment; service:
- emptor
-
noun,
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
- purely
-
adverb,
in a pure manner; without admixture.
- pumelo
-
noun,
pomelo.
- pullet
-
noun,
a young hen, less than one year old.
- ptero-
-
- metro-
-
- myelo-
-
- lay-up
-
noun,
Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
- outlay
-
noun,
an expending or spending, as of money.
- megal-
-
- romper
-
noun,
a person or thing that romps.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Royall
-
noun,
Anne Newport, 1769–1854, U.S. writer, newspaper publisher, and reformer.
- mature
-
adjective,
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
- retro-
-
- maugre
-
preposition,
in spite of; notwithstanding.
- roller
-
noun,
a person or thing that rolls.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- ropery
-
noun,
a place where ropes are made.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- Luger
-
- Lulea
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Oreg.
-
- metr-
-
- metry
-
- lumpy
-
adjective,
full of lumps:
- Molly
-
noun,
any of certain livebearing freshwater fishes of the genus Mollienisia, popular in home aquariums.
- moult
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Luray
-
noun,
a town in N Virginia: site of Luray Caverns.
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- lt-yr
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- matey
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- myel-
-
- myall
-
noun,
any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
- Mogul
-
noun,
a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.
- molal
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- ormer
-
noun,
an abalone, Haliotis tuberculata, living in waters of the Channel Islands.
- Lorry
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a motor truck, especially a large one.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- loury
-
adjective,
lowery.
- muley
-
noun,
any cow.
- matr-
-
- Metol
-
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Merry
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mero-
-
- murre
-
noun,
either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge (common murre) or U. lomvia (thick-billed murre)
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Meryl
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Merle.
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- mealy
-
adjective,
having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly:
- meta-
-
- marg.
-
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- maror
-
noun,
a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover.
- meaty
-
adjective,
of or like meat.
- mega-
-
- murra
-
noun,
a mineral or stone used in ancient Rome for making fine vases, cups, etc.: believed to have been fluorite.
- Murat
-
noun,
Joachim [zhaw-a-keem] /ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), 1767?–1815, French marshal: king of Naples 1808–15.
- malty
-
adjective,
of, like, or containing malt.
- Mylar
-
- mopey
-
adjective,
languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- mural
-
noun,
a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- magot
-
noun,
Barbary ape.
- Moray
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- marry
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)
- Omuta
-
noun,
a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Murry
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Murray.
- Maury
-
noun,
Matthew Fontaine [fon-teyn,, fon-teyn] /fɒnˈteɪn,, ˈfɒn teɪn/ (Show IPA), 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- Mayer
-
noun,
Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- Mayor
-
noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- oleum
-
noun,
Pharmacology. oil.
- male-
-
- Marut
-
noun,
any of a group of storm gods, the offspring of Rudra.
- Mulga
-
noun,
an Australian shrub or small tree, Acacia aneura, forming dense growths in some areas and having foliage used as forage for livestock.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- plumy
-
adjective,
having plumes or feathers.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- rumal
-
noun,
a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.
- Rumor
-
noun,
a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts:
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- rouge
-
noun,
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- taupe
-
noun,
a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- Taupo
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- roupy
-
adjective,
affected with the disease roup.
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- telo-
-
- repay
-
verb (used with object),
to pay back or refund, as money.
- rearm
-
verb (used with object),
to arm again.
- Reaum
-
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Regt.
-
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- rept.
-
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- Roger
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- rogue
-
noun,
a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- temp.
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- Tromp
-
noun,
Cornelis [kawr-ney-lis] /kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1629–91, and his father, Maarten Harpertszoon [mahr-tuh n hahr-puh rt-sohn] /ˈmɑr tən ˈhɑr pərtˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA) 1597–1653, Dutch admirals.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- tropy
-
- truly
-
adverb,
in accordance with fact or truth; truthfully.
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- Tully
-
noun,
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- tumor
-
noun,
a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- urger
-
noun,
a person or thing that urges.
- tryma
-
noun,
a nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- TEMPO
-
noun,
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tera-
-
- term.
-
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- typal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting a type.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- typey
-
adjective,
typy.
- typo-
-
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- togue
-
noun,
lake trout.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tolyl
-
adjective,
containing a tolyl group; cresyl.
- tolly
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- peta-
-
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- peaty
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- Perry
-
noun,
a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- pert.
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- patr-
-
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Pygmy
-
noun,
Anthropology.
a member of a small-statured people native to equatorial Africa.
a Negrito of southeastern Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands.
- pyro-
-
- plage
-
noun,
a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
- plat.
-
- Peary
-
noun,
Robert Edwin, 1856–1920, U.S. admiral and arctic explorer.
- Patmo
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands, off the SW coast of Asia Minor: St. John is supposed to have been exiled here (Rev. 1:9). 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- pally
-
adjective,
friendly; comradely:
- pager
-
noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Paget
-
noun,
Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.
- payer
-
noun,
a person who pays.
- payt.
-
- pale-
-
- Paley
-
noun,
Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- palmy
-
adjective,
glorious, prosperous, or flourishing:
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pareu
-
noun,
lavalava.
- Parl.
-
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parol
-
noun,
something stated or declared.
- Parry
-
noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- part.
-
- party
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prem.
-
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pryer
-
noun,
prier.
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Prog.
-
- prom.
-
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- Prome
-
noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- Prot.
-
- pruta
-
noun,
prutah.
- purge
-
noun,
the act or process of purging.
- purty
-
adjective,
pretty.
- rall.
-
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Pregl
-
noun,
Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1869–1930, Austrian chemist: Nobel prize 1923.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pleo-
-
- pogey
-
noun,
Slang.. Also, pogy.
a package of food, candy, or other treats sent to a child at boarding school, a person in an institution, etc.
candy or a treat.
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- logue
-
- plur.
-
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- poet.
-
- polar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- prae-
-
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- poly-
-
- Polly
-
noun,
a tame parrot.
- porgy
-
noun,
a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- Port.
-
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- pouty
-
adjective,
inclined to pout, or marked by pouting:
- loyal
-
adjective,
faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state:
- grapy
-
adjective,
of, like, or composed of grapes.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- group
-
noun,
any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation:
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- grout
-
noun,
a thin, coarse mortar poured into various narrow cavities, as masonry joints or rock fissures, to fill them and consolidate the adjoining objects into a solid mass.
- Apure
-
noun,
a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.
- areo-
-
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- grume
-
noun,
blood when viscous.
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- grump
-
noun,
a person given to constant complaining.
- armor
-
noun,
any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- arrgt
-
- Yugo.
-
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- GROPE
-
noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- amour
-
noun,
a love affair.
- amyl-
-
- geol.
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- gemot
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a legislative or judicial assembly.
- Amory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- latry
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- larum
-
noun,
alarum.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Larry
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- amply
-
adverb,
in an ample manner; sufficiently or abundantly:
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- Lamut
-
noun,
Even.
- apery
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- gamut
-
noun,
the entire scale or range:
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Egypt
-
noun,
Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo.
Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.
- ergo-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- eury-
-
- gully
-
noun,
a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- Yager
-
noun,
jaeger (defs 2, 3).
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gupta
-
noun,
a dynasty of N India (a.d. 320–540) whose court was the center of classical Indian art and literature.
- empty
-
noun,
Informal. something that is empty, as a box, bottle, or can:
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- gurry
-
noun,
the offal of fish or whales; the waste parts left over after cleaning fish.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- Autry
-
noun,
Gene, 1907–1998, U.S. actor and singer.
- gamo-
-
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- guar.
-
- gamey
-
adjective,
gamy.
- Guat.
-
- atmo-
-
- galop
-
noun,
a lively round dance in duple time.
- Gally
-
verb (used with object),
to frighten or scare.
- Galle
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- auto.
-
- guyot
-
noun,
a flat-topped seamount, found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean.
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atopy
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- gayly
-
adverb,
gaily.
- atory
-
- Gayle
-
noun,
a female or male given name.
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- Euro-
-
- Amer.
-
- Emory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- allo-
-
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- glary
-
adjective,
harshly brilliant; glaring.
- glume
-
noun,
one of the characteristic chafflike bracts of the inflorescence of grasses, sedges, etc., especially one of the pair of bracts at the base of a spikelet.
- Gerry
-
noun,
Elbridge [el-brij] /ˈɛl brɪdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1744–1814, U.S. politician: vice president 1813–14.
Compare gerrymander.
- gouty
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of gout.
- agro-
-
- aero-
-
- Alley
-
noun,
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- getup
-
noun,
costume; outfit:
- algum
-
noun,
a Biblical tree, possibly the red sandalwood. II Chron. 2:8.
- ALGOL
-
noun,
a star of the second magnitude in the constellation Perseus: the first known and most famous eclipsing binary star.
- agley
-
adverb,
off the right line; awry; wrong.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- gymel
-
noun,
the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- algo-
-
- alum.
-
- gyro-
-
- Gorey
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- golly
-
interjection,
(used as a mild exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, puzzlement, pleasure, or the like.)
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- alloy
-
noun,
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- gyral
-
adjective,
gyratory.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- alto-
-
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- geom.
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- legal
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- 30-30
-
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- Glory
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Gerar
-
noun,
an ancient city in Palestine, near the Mediterranean: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- glout
-
verb (used without object),
to scowl or frown.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- LeMay
-
noun,
Curtis (Emerson) 1906–90, U.S. Air Force officer: chief of the Strategic Air Command 1948–61; Chief of Staff of the Air Force 1961–65.
- grape
-
noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- gluey
-
adjective,
like glue; viscid; sticky.
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- germy
-
adjective,
full of germs.
- gramp
-
noun,
grandfather.
- almug
-
noun,
a tree, possibly the red sandalwood. I Kings 10:12.
- gram.
-
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- glop
-
noun,
unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- gyre
-
noun,
a ring or circle.
- Pegu
-
noun,
a city in central Burma: pagodas.
- pray
-
verb (used with object),
to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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.
- per.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- 1080
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pro-
-
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- PERL
-
- puma
-
noun,
cougar.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- gley
-
noun,
a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
- etym
-
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pre-
-
- prau
-
noun,
proa.
- ptg.
-
- Poll
-
noun,
a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- pot.
-
- 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).
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- pyo-
-
- plug
-
noun,
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- pyr-
-
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- gaup
-
verb (used without object),
gawp.
- Gary
-
noun,
Elbert Henry, 1846–1927, U.S. financier and lawyer.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- play
-
noun,
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gal.
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- gyr-
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pet.
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Gyor
-
noun,
a city in NW Hungary.
- gamy
-
adjective,
having the tangy flavor or odor of game:
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Geum
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- Pol.
-
- pogy
-
noun,
a porgy.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- gaum
-
verb (used with object),
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up):
- aut-
-
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- alt.
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tomy
-
- top-
-
- typy
-
adjective,
(of a domestic animal) embodying the ideal characteristics of its variety or breed.
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- all-
-
- tel-
-
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Apr.
-
- apo-
-
- taur
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- typ.
-
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Amur
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming most of the boundary between N Manchuria and the SE Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2700 miles (4350 km) long.
- amt.
-
- amp.
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- ter.
-
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Umea
-
noun,
a city in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- ugly
-
adjective,
very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- ulto
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Urey
-
noun,
Harold Clayton [kleyt-n] /ˈkleɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1893–1981, U.S. chemist: Nobel prize 1934.
- uret
-
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- urgy
-
- uro-
-
- aet.
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Algy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Alg.
-
- agr.
-
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Emp.
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- rel.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- aur-
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- repr
-
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- Aug.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- regr
-
- Reg.
-
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Atum
-
noun,
a primeval god who by himself begot Shu and Tefnut: the original god of the Ennead.
- Arg.
-
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- rpt.
-
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- art.
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- arr.
-
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- Arm.
-
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- ator
-
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- atm.
-
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Pula
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Botswana, equal to 100 thebe: replaced the rand in 1976.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- mal-
-
- gull
-
noun,
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gulp
-
noun,
the act of gulping:
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- gump
-
noun,
a foolish or stupid person.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- leg.
-
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Mura
-
noun,
(in Japan) a village; hamlet.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Mar.
-
- mult
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- lea.
-
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- mag.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Lugo
-
noun,
a city in NW Spain.
- ole-
-
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- OGPU
-
noun,
(in the U.S.S.R.) the government's secret-police organization (1923–1934).
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Mlle
-
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Mull
-
noun,
a soft, thin muslin.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Yurt
-
noun,
a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.
- Yuma
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
- mGal
-
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- MOpt
-
- mopy
-
adjective,
mopey.
- Yule
-
noun,
Christmas, or the Christmas season.
- ylem
-
noun,
the initial substance of the universe from which all matter is said to be derived.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Yoga
-
noun,
a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- Moll
-
noun,
gun moll.
- moly
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Yuga
-
noun,
an age of time.
- your
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- myo-
-
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- Lat.
-
- mout
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- maul
-
noun,
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- mtge
-
- mtg.
-
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lam.
-
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- Yalu
-
noun,
a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- moue
-
noun,
a pouting grimace.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- MEPA
-
- met.
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yaup
-
noun,
a harsh cry.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- OPer
-
- Grey
-
noun,
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
- paly
-
adjective,
pale.
- logy
-
adjective,
lacking physical or mental energy or vitality; sluggish; dull; lethargic.
- gro.
-
- golp
-
noun,
a roundel purpure.
- Goya
-
noun,
Francisco de [fran-sis-koh duh;; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de,, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də;; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes) 1746–1828, Spanish painter.
- PAYE
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- grum
-
adjective,
grim; glum; surly.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- log-
-
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- par.
-
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- gory
-
adjective,
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- pam.
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lyte
-
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- out-
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Guam
-
noun,
an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña.
Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- paty
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée:
- Lyly
-
noun,
John, 1554?–1606, English writer of romances and plays.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Paul
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles.
Compare Saul (def 2).
- Paur
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- Pal.
-
- Gray
-
noun,
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- glum
-
adjective,
sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- Gmat
-
- gout
-
noun,
an acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- orgy
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- org.
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- up-
-
- ur-
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- MEP
-
- LLM
-
- Am.
-
- ap-
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ag-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- al.
-
- ure
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- my-
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- RPG
-
- RPM
-
- RPO
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- rt.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- rte
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- yum
-
interjection,
yum-yum.
- MGT
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- MGr
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Yup
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- La.
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Lt.
-
- TAL
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- UMT
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Me.
-
- Mo.
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- AGM
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- ALM
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Tu.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- lep
-
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- trp
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- lpm
-
- Tro
-
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- LPG
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Agt
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPM
-
- lg.
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- TMO
-
- Apl
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- ult
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- LTA
-
- AMU
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- aor
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- AOU
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Ar.
-
- UAM
-
- tlr
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tue
-
- tlo
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- 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.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- ll.
-
- Mao
-
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- ae.
-
- ALU
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- UAR
-
- AME
-
- UAE
-
- ARU
-
- ROA
-
- MLG
-
- Gay
-
noun,
Sometimes Offensive. a homosexual person, especially a male.
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ola
-
- GOP
-
- gul
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- PRA
-
- GPU
-
- OLG
-
- Om.
-
- eu-
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Guy
-
noun,
Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
- OPA
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPM
-
- POR
-
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OEM
-
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- gt.
-
- MLR
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- Gum
-
noun,
any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pug
-
noun,
one of a breed of small, short-haired dogs having a tightly curled tail, a deeply wrinkled face, and a smooth coat that is black or silver and fawn with black markings.
- mut
-
noun,
mutt.
- EPT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- op.
-
- OAU
-
- ery
-
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- OAP
-
- ERT
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- ety
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- GTO
-
- ory
-
- EMR
-
- PGA
-
- PLA
-
- 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.
- pl.
-
- gre
-
- Gr.
-
- Pym
-
noun,
John, 1584–1643, English statesman.
- GPM
-
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- pya
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- py-
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- PTO
-
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gym
-
noun,
a gymnasium.
- gyp
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- goy
-
noun,
a term used by a Jew to refer to someone who is not Jewish.
- gl.
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- GMT
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- PAU
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in SW France: winter resort.
- PaG
-
- pt.
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- PMT
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- Pr.
-
- PLR
-
- PLO
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- Pa.
-
- Pg.
-
- gey
-
adverb,
Scot. considerably; very.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- pm.
-
- PMG
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- EMT
-
- LMT
-
- Gur
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- Mur
-
noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- Yap
-
noun,
a sharp, shrill, or snappish bark; yelp.
- Eg.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- eo-
-
- EOM
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAM
-
- AUM
-
noun,
Om.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- MPA
-
- MPE
-
- MPG
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- MRE
-
- ATP
-
- at.
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- ROP
-
- you
-
noun,
something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ROG
-
- Yeo
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- MOR
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yer
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- MRA
-
- ea.
-
- MTP
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- mug
-
noun,
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- yay
-
adverb,
to the extent, amount, etc., indicated:
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Re.
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- MTO
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- RMA
-
- Mt.
-
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- REA
-
- MUP
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- MRP
-
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- Y.
-
- OA
-
- RO
-
- O.
-
- le
-
- UL
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- L.
-
- MG
-
- OG
-
- TP
-
- TM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ty
-
- 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.
- YU
-
noun,
a legendary Chinese emperor who drained the land and made the mountains.
- R.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RP
-
- LM
-
- yl
-
- yr
-
- PU
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- RU
-
- t.
-
- TL
-
- YT
-
- 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.
- U.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- G.
-
- LR
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- GM
-
- MU
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- ol
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- ey
-
- GU
-
- ly
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- MP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- ry
-
- TG
-
- AO
-
- T1
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- GP
-
- rg
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- L1
-
- L2
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .