Anagrams of recapitalizes
Word recapitalizes has
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that can be made by using the letters of recapitalizes.
- recapitalize
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verb (used with object),
to renew or change the capital of.
- altarpieces
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noun,
a painted or carved screen behind or above the altar or communion table in Christian churches; reredos.
- capitalizes
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verb (used with object),
to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- plasticizer
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noun,
any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
- partialize
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verb (used with object),
to bias.
- alacrities
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noun,
cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness:
- specialize
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verb (used with object),
to render special or specific; invest with a special character, function, etc.
- literacies
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noun,
the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- elasticize
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verb (used with object),
to make elastic, as by furnishing with elastic bands:
- capitalize
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verb (used with object),
to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- replicates
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- plasticize
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verb (used with or without object),
to render or become plastic.
- parasitize
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verb (used with object),
to live on (a host) as a parasite.
- altarpiece
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noun,
a painted or carved screen behind or above the altar or communion table in Christian churches; reredos.
- cartelize
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verb (used with or without object),
to organize into a business cartel.
- serialize
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verb (used with object),
to publish in serial form.
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- acierates
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- sterilize
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verb (used with object),
to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- parietals
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- periclase
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noun,
a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- Listerize
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verb (used with object),
to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- satirical
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire:
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- replicate
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noun,
something that is replicated, as an experiment or procedure.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- psalteria
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noun,
the omasum.
- sacralize
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verb (used with object),
to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion:
- racialize
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verb (used with object),
to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- parasitic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- praelects
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- prelacies
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noun,
the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- Paraclete
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noun,
an advocate or intercessor.
- lacerates
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adjective,
lacerated.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- tailraces
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- pearlites
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- tailpiece
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noun,
a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- tailrace
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- realizes
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verb (used with object),
to grasp or understand clearly.
- prelects
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- espalier
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noun,
a trellis or framework on which the trunk and branches of fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow in one plane.
- pilaster
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noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- sclerite
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noun,
any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- especial
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adjective,
special; exceptional; outstanding:
- pectizes
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verb (used with or without object),
to change into a jelly; jellify; gel; gelatinize; gelatinate.
- calipers
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- Lazarist
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noun,
Vincentian (def 1).
- capitals
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noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- picrites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- sericate
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adjective,
sericeous; silky.
- lacerate
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adjective,
lacerated.
- apiarist
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noun,
a person who keeps an apiary.
- apiaries
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noun,
a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
- Epicaste
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noun,
Jocasta.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- picrates
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noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- laicizes
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verb (used with object),
to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize:
- capelets
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- pretzels
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noun,
a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- septaria
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- Pericles
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noun,
c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- separate
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noun,
Usually, separates. women's outer garments that may be worn in combination with a variety of others to make different ensembles, as matching and contrasting blouses, skirts, and sweaters.
- percales
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noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- escalate
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verb (used with or without object),
to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
- pearlite
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noun,
Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- Patricia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “patrician.”.
- calipees
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- trapezia
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noun,
Geometry.
(in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram.
a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel.
British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- spectral
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adjective,
of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- Stapelia
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- replaces
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- acierate
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verb (used with object),
to convert (iron) into steel.
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- trapezes
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noun,
an apparatus, used in gymnastics and acrobatics, consisting of a short horizontal bar attached to the ends of two suspended ropes.
- crispate
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adjective,
(of a leaf) having curly or wavy edges.
- partials
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- treacles
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noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- replicas
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- Reptilia
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noun,
the class comprising the reptiles.
- parasite
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noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- spiracle
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noun,
a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- palestra
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- asperate
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verb (used with object),
to make rough, harsh, or uneven:
- aspirate
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noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- particle
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noun,
a minute portion, piece, fragment, or amount; a tiny or very small bit:
- satirize
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verb (used with object),
to attack or ridicule with satire.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- practise
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noun,
habitual or customary performance; operation:
- spaetzle
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noun,
a dish consisting of lumps or threads made from a batter of flour, milk, eggs, and salt, usually poured through a coarse colander into boiling water, and then either drained and mixed in butter, lightly pan-fried, or added to sauces, stews, etc.
- praelect
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verb (used without object),
prelect.
- tilapias
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noun,
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
- prelates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- tiercels
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noun,
tercel.
- placates
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noun,
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- prelect
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verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- spacial
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adjective,
spatial.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- caliper
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noun,
Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- spicate
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adjective,
having spikes, as a plant.
- prelate
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noun,
an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- iatrics
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- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- episcia
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- calipee
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noun,
the part of a turtle next to the lower shield, consisting of a yellowish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- capsize
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verb (used with or without object),
to turn bottom up; overturn:
- spatial
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adjective,
of or relating to space.
- spatzle
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noun,
spaetzle.
- plicate
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adjective,
Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- presale
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noun,
a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- caplets
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- spectre
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noun,
specter.
- pretzel
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noun,
a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
- precast
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adjective,
(of a building or section) cast before being transported to the site of installation:
- capelet
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noun,
a short cape usually covering just the shoulders.
- special
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noun,
a special person or thing.
- capital
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noun,
the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.:
- spectra
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noun,
a plural of spectrum.
- specter
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noun,
a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- partial
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- epilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- relapse
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noun,
an act or instance of relapsing.
- repeals
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noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- czarist
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noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Sazerac
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- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- scalare
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noun,
any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- Ciliata
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noun,
the class comprising the ciliate protozoans, considered as belonging in the kingdom Animalia.
- earlaps
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noun,
earflap.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- repeats
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noun,
the act of repeating.
- recepts
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noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- rescale
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verb (used with object),
to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest:
- respect
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noun,
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in):
- crazies
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noun,
Slang. an unpredictable, nonconforming person; oddball:
- respite
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- creates
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adjective,
Archaic. created.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- replies
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noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- replica
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noun,
a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- clasper
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noun,
a person or thing that clasps.
- replace
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verb (used with object),
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing):
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- ecartes
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- epicist
-
noun,
a writer of epic poetry.
- carpels
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noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- Caserta
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noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- caseate
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verb (used without object),
to undergo caseation.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- carpets
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noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- carpals
-
noun,
a carpale.
- Electra
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noun,
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- carpale
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noun,
any of the bones of the wrist.
- epeiric
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adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- Carlita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- caritas
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noun,
charity.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- electr-
-
- scepter
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- Script.
-
- sceptre
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noun,
a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- cerates
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noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- receipt
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noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- eclipse
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noun,
Astronomy.
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)
a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun.
the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- Celesta
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noun,
a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- realize
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verb (used with object),
to grasp or understand clearly.
- sectile
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adjective,
capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Seltzer
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a naturally effervescent mineral water containing common salt and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Eleatic
-
noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- Eleazar
-
noun,
a son of Aaron and his successor in the priesthood. Num. 20:28.
- Spieler
-
noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Spelter
-
noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Pescara
-
noun,
a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- 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.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- patrial
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noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- tercels
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trapeze
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noun,
an apparatus, used in gymnastics and acrobatics, consisting of a short horizontal bar attached to the ends of two suspended ropes.
- acetals
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noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- acerate
-
adjective,
acerose1 .
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- Tarpeia
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noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- aperies
-
noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- tiercel
-
noun,
tercel.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- apicals
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- apteral
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- petrels
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Piarist
-
noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- tilapia
-
noun,
any freshwater cichlid of the genus Tilapia, of African waters: an important food fish.
- picaras
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- picrate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of picric acid.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- treacle
-
noun,
contrived or unrestrained sentimentality:
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- pileate
-
adjective,
having a pileus.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- splicer
-
noun,
a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- pectize
-
verb (used with or without object),
to change into a jelly; jellify; gel; gelatinize; gelatinate.
- Ipiales
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia.
- placets
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- teazels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- aseptic
-
noun,
a product, as milk or fruit juice, that is marketed in an aseptic package or container.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pectase
-
noun,
an enzyme occurring in various fruits and involved in the formation of pectic acid from pectin.
- Asiatic
-
noun,
an Asian person.
- plastic
-
noun,
Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- Spiraea
-
noun,
spirea.
- pelters
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- teazles
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- Alceste
-
noun,
an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- placers
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- laicize
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize:
- parcels
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- patzers
-
noun,
a casual, amateurish chess player.
- percale
-
noun,
a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- triceps
-
noun,
a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.
- placate
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- ecarte
-
noun,
a card game for two players.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- patzer
-
noun,
a casual, amateurish chess player.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- recti-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- patri-
-
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Parcel
-
noun,
an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- Parcae
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- creels
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- resect
-
verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- create
-
adjective,
Archaic. created.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- palace
-
noun,
the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- parica
-
noun,
a snuff used by certain Indians of South America containing dimethyltryptamine and other hallucinogenic agents, obtained from the seeds of the tree Piptadenia peregrina.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Pascal
-
noun,
the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Abbreviation: Pa.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Repeal
-
noun,
the act of repealing; revocation; abrogation.
- repeat
-
noun,
the act of repeating.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- lazies
-
adjective,
averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- pisci-
-
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- ersatz
-
noun,
an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- plaice
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- plazas
-
noun,
a public square or open space in a city or town.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plasia
-
- placet
-
noun,
an expression or vote of assent or sanction, indicated by the use of the Latin word placet (it pleases).
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- places
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- placer
-
noun,
a surficial mineral deposit formed by the concentration of small particles of heavy minerals, as gold, rutile, or platinum, in gravel or small sands.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- elects
-
noun,
a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Icaria
-
noun,
Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- elect.
-
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Peretz
-
noun,
I(saac) L(oeb) or Yitzchok Leibush [yits-khawk ley-boo sh] /ˈyɪts xɔk ˈleɪ bʊʃ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1915, Polish author: writer of plays, poems, and short stories in Yiddish.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Peraea
-
noun,
a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- lazars
-
noun,
a person infected with a disease, especially leprosy.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- Lazear
-
noun,
Jesse William, 1866–1900, U.S. physician and bacteriologist.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- erects
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- prizes
-
noun,
a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- picara
-
noun,
a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- epacts
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- razees
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- crazes
-
noun,
a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania:
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- Carpet
-
noun,
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- carpel
-
noun,
a simple pistil, or a single member of a compound pistil.
- carpal
-
noun,
a carpale.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- terces
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- secret
-
noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- select
-
adjective,
chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- splice
-
noun,
a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- Caspar
-
noun,
one of the three Magi.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- septi-
-
- septic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- Spaatz
-
noun,
Carl, 1891–1974, U.S. general.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- teazle
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Caesar
-
noun,
Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
- alerce
-
noun,
the wood of the sandarac tree.
- teazel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alicia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- aztecs
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- aspect
-
noun,
appearance to the eye or mind; look:
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- sleaze
-
noun,
a contemptible or vulgar person.
- caplet
-
- tepals
-
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.
- capita
-
noun,
plural of caput.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- capias
-
noun,
a writ commanding an officer to take a specified person into custody.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- Azrael
-
noun,
(in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at the moment of death.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- cisele
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- apical
-
noun,
Phonetics. an apical sound.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- clepes
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- zaires
-
noun,
Republic of, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- scler-
-
- cereal
-
noun,
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- cerat-
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- spritz
-
noun,
a quick, brief spray of liquid; squirt.
- cerate
-
noun,
Pharmacology. an unctuous, often medicated, preparation for external application, consisting of lard or oil mixed with wax, rosin, or the like, especially one that has a firmer consistency than a typical ointment and does not melt when in contact with the skin.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- peta-
-
- tears
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- peri-
-
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- pert.
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- petr-
-
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- petri
-
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- pari-
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- treas
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Parl.
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Tisza
-
noun,
a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- part.
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- Parca
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny.
Compare Parcae.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- pale-
-
- zitis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- zetas
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- Zeist
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- zeals
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Zaria
-
noun,
a city in N central Nigeria.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Zaire
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
- para-
-
- tzars
-
noun,
czar.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- 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.
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- 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.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tele-
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- tera-
-
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- patr-
-
- Tezel
-
noun,
Johann, Tetzel, Johann.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- plast
-
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- seize
-
verb (used with object),
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp:
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- sect.
-
- rcpt.
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- razes
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- recip
-
- seti-
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Seric
-
- razee
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- scelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- sizar
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- Rizal
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1861–96, Philippine patriot, novelist, poet, and physician.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- rept.
-
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- resp.
-
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- scat-
-
- scalp
-
noun,
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Recit
-
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- recpt
-
- rect.
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- sarc-
-
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sizer
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- Spitz
-
noun,
any of several dogs having a stocky body, a thick coat, erect, pointed ears, and a tail curved over the back, as a chow chow, Pomeranian, or Samoyed.
- Srta.
-
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- place
-
noun,
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- plat.
-
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- ster.
-
- step-
-
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- prize
-
noun,
a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Pres.
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pret.
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- plica
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- plaza
-
noun,
a public square or open space in a city or town.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- spect
-
noun,
single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- prae-
-
- spec.
-
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Icel.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- Capra
-
noun,
Frank, 1897–1991, U.S. film director and producer, born in Italy.
- IATSE
-
- Capiz
-
noun,
a small marine bivalve of the genus Placuna, especially P. placenta, common in Philippine coastal waters and some other parts of the Pacific Ocean.
- Capet
-
noun,
Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Capt.
-
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Calpe
-
noun,
ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
- Aztec
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- caps.
-
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- ESPEC
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- carp-
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- Etzel
-
noun,
Attila: represented in the Nibelungenlied as the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Ariz.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- izars
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- Arcas
-
noun,
a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- Ital.
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- ASPCA
-
- astr.
-
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ASCAP
-
noun,
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- istic
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- lact-
-
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- CLASP
-
noun,
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing:
- clase
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- clapt
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of clap1 .
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- crit.
-
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- czars
-
noun,
an emperor or king.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- craze
-
noun,
a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cata-
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- cert.
-
- claps
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Eliz.
-
- Eliza
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Epist
-
- epact
-
noun,
the difference in days between a solar year and a lunar year.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Epis.
-
- Episc
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Alta.
-
- Lazes
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Lazar
-
noun,
a person infected with a disease, especially leprosy.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- alti-
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- apace
-
adverb,
with speed; quickly; swiftly.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Liszt
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1811–86, Hungarian composer and pianist.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- lect.
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- acpt.
-
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- acet-
-
- aceae
-
- Alas.
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- licet
-
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 30-30
-
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- pacas
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- aeri-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- clap
-
noun,
an act or instance of clapping.
- scr.
-
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- aer-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cir.
-
- cet-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- Sat.
-
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sci.
-
- scil
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- RIIA
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- AAEE
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- crat
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- tzar
-
noun,
czar.
- zaps
-
noun,
force, energy, or drive; zip.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Zara
-
noun,
former name of Zadar.
- zeal
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- zees
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- zest
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- Zips
-
noun,
a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- Cres
-
- zits
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- acea
-
- clar
-
- acr-
-
- ACLS
-
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- clep
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 1080
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- tri-
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- rpt.
-
- AARP
-
- Ritz
-
noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Cels
-
- cat.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- asc-
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- ates
-
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- alt.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SPCA
-
- spaz
-
noun,
an awkward or clumsy person.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Cal.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- str.
-
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- APSA
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Apr.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ste.
-
- ARIS
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Sra.
-
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- ter.
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- tel-
-
- Ala.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AISI
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Aire
-
- sec.
-
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- cap.
-
- capa
-
noun,
the red cloak of a bullfighter, used chiefly in attracting the attention of the bull and guiding the course of its attack.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- Alis
-
- SLIC
-
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- size
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- atic
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- prec
-
- pre-
-
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- esp.
-
- Ezra
-
noun,
a Jewish scribe and prophet of the 5th century b.c., who with Nehemiah led the revival of Judaism in Palestine.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- lea.
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- IAEA
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- pat.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pts.
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- psia
-
- psec
-
- PSAT
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- prs.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- prez
-
noun,
president.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- pct.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- laze
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pil-
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Izar
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- itis
-
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- IATA
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- per.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Lat.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- PERL
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Pers
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ire.
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Pet.
-
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- epit
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- par.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Liza
-
noun,
a mullet, Mugil liza, found chiefly in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- ect-
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- ELAS
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Rep.
-
- PACT
-
noun,
an agreement, covenant, or compact:
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- repl
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- paca
-
noun,
a large, white-spotted, almost tailless rodent, Agouti paca, of Central and South America, having features resembling a guinea pig and rabbit: valued as food.
- Pal.
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- czar
-
noun,
an emperor or king.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- raze
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- epi-
-
- lip-
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- tlr
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ps.
-
- Pr.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- zap
-
noun,
force, energy, or drive; zip.
- TIA
-
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSP
-
- APS
-
- TSI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TSE
-
- Apl
-
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- ae.
-
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- pt.
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ap-
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- ize
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- La.
-
- ZIP
-
noun,
a sudden, brief hissing sound, as of a bullet.
- PCS
-
- AIC
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- PCI
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- 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.
- STI
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- zee
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lt.
-
- ac-
-
- STL
-
- STP
-
- TAL
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LCT
-
- Paz
-
noun,
Octavio [ok-tey-vee-oh;; Spanish awk-tah-vyaw] /ɒkˈteɪ viˌoʊ;; Spanish ɔkˈtɑ vyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1914–98, Mexican poet and essayist: Nobel prize 1990.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Liz
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- TCA
-
- TCS
-
- ACP
-
- 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.
- AEC
-
- Les
-
- lep
-
- LCA
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ACS
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- tra
-
- AEA
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- tr.
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Tpr
-
- TPI
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- LCI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- trp
-
- Ar.
-
- 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.
- APC
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- ALC
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lez
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- AAE
-
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- TLC
-
- LSC
-
- pc.
-
- Pa.
-
- AAP
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Aar
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ASR
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- CIA
-
- Re.
-
- SCP
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EPT
-
- EPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CIE
-
- RCP
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- CIP
-
- sc.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RCA
-
- RCS
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- SAR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Esc
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ESA
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- CEA
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ARS
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- ESL
-
- CPS
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- CLR
-
- CPA
-
- CPI
-
- CPL
-
- CPR
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- 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.
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSA
-
- CRT
-
- CRS
-
- CRP
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- EAA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ec-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- cle
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- EEC
-
- ECA
-
- SAE
-
- Rs.
-
- CLI
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SAA
-
- Sp.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- ese
-
- PSA
-
- ESR
-
- IRC
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ATA
-
- IRS
-
- ATC
-
- IRL
-
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ISA
-
- az-
-
- ca.
-
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- ipr
-
- cs.
-
- at.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- cl.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ite
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- ITC
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ITA
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
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- SPR
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- ast
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- ist
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- ISR
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- Isl
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- ase
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- pir
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noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- ASI
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- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ASP
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noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ise
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- ct.
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- PLA
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- IPA
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- SIP
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noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- PLC
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- IAS
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- SLA
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- PLR
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- ial
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- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- pli
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- Ez.
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- CAA
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- Ia.
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- PRA
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLE
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- ics
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- ETS
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- CAI
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- PRC
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- SLR
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SPA
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noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ILS
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- ILP
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- SLP
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
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- ETR
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- SIC
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adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- ier
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- ic
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- z.
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- ZA
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noun,
pizza.
- Zl
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ee
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- EI
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- CZ
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- LC
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- ZI
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- L.
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- L2
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
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- IP
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- CE
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- TL
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- TP
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RC
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LR
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SL
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- SA
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- S.
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- LZ
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- t.
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- R.
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- le
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- RP
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- L1
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TC
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- Zr
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