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- spearmint
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noun,
an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- prelatism
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noun,
prelacy; episcopacy.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- reimplant
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verb (used with object),
Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- septimal
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adjective,
of or based on the number seven.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- lempiras
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- templars
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pralines
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- 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.
- tramples
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- mineral.
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- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- maniples
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- Primates
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noun,
the order comprising the primates.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- triplane
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- planters
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noun,
a person who plants.
- implants
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
implantation (def 1).
- plaister
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noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- impearls
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- impanels
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verb (used with object),
to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- 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.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- arpents
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noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- replant
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- sampler
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noun,
a person who samples.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Templar
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noun,
a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- imparts
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verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- stapler
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noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- spaniel
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noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- impales
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verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- impanel
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verb (used with object),
to enter on a panel or list for jury duty.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- lampers
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noun,
lampas.
- impaste
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verb (used with object),
to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- impearl
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verb (used with object),
to form into drops resembling pearls.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- impers.
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- implant
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noun,
Medicine/Medical.
any device or material, especially of an inert substance, used for repairing or replacing part of the body.
medication or radioactive material inserted into tissue for sustained therapy.
implantation (def 1).
- impresa
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noun,
a device or emblem.
- imprest
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- stamper
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noun,
a person or thing that stamps.
- stamin-
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- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- lempira
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- tampers
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noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- Martens
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- marlins
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- talipes
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noun,
a clubfoot.
- maniple
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- platers
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noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- limpets
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- planers
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noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- Permian
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noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- planter
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noun,
a person who plants.
- Perlman
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noun,
Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- prelims
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noun,
preliminary.
- Psalter
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noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- plaints
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noun,
a complaint.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- pastime
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noun,
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport:
- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- platies
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noun,
platyfish.
- primate
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- praline
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noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- pitmans
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noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- plasmin
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noun,
fibrinolysin.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- prelim.
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- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- alpines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- transl.
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- transp.
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- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- aplites
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noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- palmers
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noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- trample
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noun,
the act of trampling.
- palters
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verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- plaster
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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.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- persalt
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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.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- pineta
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noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- limpet
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noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- pineal
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adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- lipase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- septi-
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- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Pietas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- prates
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noun,
act of prating.
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Pilate
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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.
- septal
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adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- simple
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noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- pintas
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noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- liters
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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.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Lister
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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.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- simper
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noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- praise
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- limner
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Israel
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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.
- plants
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noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plasm-
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- sperm-
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- spinal
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noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- spinel
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spinet
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- spiral
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noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirea
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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.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- plani-
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- spital
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noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- splen-
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- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splint
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- platen
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noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- sprain
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sprent
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adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprint
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- sprite
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- Plante
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noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- planet
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noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Pinter
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noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- pintle
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- pirate
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noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- pliant
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adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Pitman
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- lapins
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noun,
a rabbit.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- Sparti
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- plates
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noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Plains
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noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaint
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noun,
a complaint.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- pleats
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noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- parens
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Parent
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noun,
a father or a mother.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- paries
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noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parles
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noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- ptisan
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noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- Palmer
-
noun,
a pilgrim, especially of the Middle Ages, who had returned from the Holy Land bearing a palm branch as a token.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Pamirs
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- sample
-
noun,
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- matri-
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- primal
-
adjective,
first; original; primeval:
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- 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.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- milpas
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- metal.
-
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- patri-
-
- melan-
-
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- penta-
-
- intra-
-
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- inter.
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- tamper
-
noun,
a person or thing that tamps.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- AmerSp
-
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armpit
-
noun,
the hollow under the arm at the shoulder; axilla.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- 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.
- arsen-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- tramps
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- 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.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- impale
-
verb (used with object),
to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- nemat-
-
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- imparl
-
verb (used without object),
to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- impart
-
verb (used with object),
to make known; tell; relate; disclose:
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- 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.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- instr.
-
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- 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):
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- trans.
-
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- 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.
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- imper.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- temp.
-
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- pale-
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- 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.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- 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.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- reni-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tera-
-
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rept.
-
- Arnel
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- MSEnt
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- resp.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 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.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- MPers
-
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- nears
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Armen
-
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- term.
-
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- pari-
-
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Pimas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 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.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- tramp
-
noun,
the act of tramping.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- prem.
-
- 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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- petri
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- petr-
-
- pret.
-
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- alti-
-
- peta-
-
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- Priam
-
noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- prams
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- pert.
-
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- 30-30
-
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- plat.
-
- plast
-
- 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.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- aeri-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plan-
-
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- prae-
-
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- 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).
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- treas
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- anis-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- part.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- Parl.
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- milpa
-
noun,
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- psalm
-
noun,
a sacred song or hymn.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- palms
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- Pamir
-
noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- pant-
-
- ante-
-
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Amer.
-
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- prim.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- amin-
-
- 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:
- peri-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ample
-
adjective,
fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough:
- patr-
-
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- 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.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- 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.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- tears
-
- astr.
-
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- ster.
-
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- 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.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- step-
-
- 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.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- IATSE
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Epist
-
- semi-
-
- Epis.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Sept.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- 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.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- seti-
-
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Ital.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- stamp
-
noun,
a postage stamp.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- 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.
- Iran.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- intr.
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- insep
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- 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.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- 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.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- impar
-
adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- 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:
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- span-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- 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.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Melia
-
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- meta-
-
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tamps
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- 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.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- sanit
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- mast-
-
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- male-
-
- maple
-
noun,
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.
Compare maple family.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- metr-
-
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sra.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- pre-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- SRAM
-
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sam.
-
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- tRNA
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- 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.
- rpt.
-
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- SMTP
-
- Spam
-
noun,
(lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively):
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tri-
-
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- rit.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- tel-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tasm
-
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ten.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- pnea
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- pts.
-
- Sat.
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sepn
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sem.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- 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.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Rep.
-
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Samp
-
noun,
coarsely ground corn.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- repl
-
- ter.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Saml
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- prin
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- str.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tamp
-
verb (used with object),
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- prs.
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- men-
-
- ment
-
- ELAS
-
- MEPA
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- MALS
-
- Man.
-
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- emia
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mes-
-
- met.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mis-
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- ASTM
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- MNAS
-
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- MIPS
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- MILR
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- 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.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mRNA
-
- 1080
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- ile-
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Lani
-
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- int.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- intl
-
- ins.
-
- Lamp
-
noun,
any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas.
Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- inae
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Imp.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Emp.
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- esp.
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- est.
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lip-
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- min.
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- par.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- pams
-
noun,
the jack of clubs, especially in a form of loo in which it is the best trump.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- AIME
-
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Pan.
-
- pam.
-
- pat.
-
- alt.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- NTIA
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- Palm
-
noun,
the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pal.
-
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- amp.
-
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pil-
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- aer-
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- aet.
-
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- 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.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- per.
-
- PERL
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- Pers
-
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- AMLS
-
- Ire.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ANSI
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Arm.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ARIS
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- MSIE
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- MSPE
-
- ant.
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- 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.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- AMPS
-
noun,
ampere.
- Apr.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 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.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- NIRA
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- amt.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- MSAE
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- il-
-
- ipr
-
- TIA
-
- TSI
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ier
-
- Sr.
-
- IAS
-
- APS
-
- ine
-
- spt
-
- IPM
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- Apl
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- TSP
-
- ETR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- al.
-
- ASN
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- in.
-
- an.
-
- TSE
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ASM
-
- ARS
-
- Ar.
-
- Sta
-
- ILS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ILP
-
- ast
-
- ae.
-
- ap-
-
- Am.
-
- trp
-
- at.
-
- IPA
-
- 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.
- St.
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- ea.
-
- API
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abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- EPA
-
- Ep.
-
- TAL
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- EMT
-
- EMS
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noun,
the letter M, m.
- TAM
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noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- EMR
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ALM
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- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AME
-
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AMS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- TPI
-
- ELM
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noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- tlr
-
- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- STI
-
- ear
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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.
- Tim
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noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ESR
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ESL
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- tea
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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.
- AIM
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noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- STL
-
- STM
-
- EAM
-
- STP
-
- ean
-
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- 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.
- AIR
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noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- AIS
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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.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERP
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ale
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- en-
-
- PLA
-
- IRL
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- mtn
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- MRP
-
- MSA
-
- 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.
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- MTP
-
- MRE
-
- MTS
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- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ne-
-
- NEA
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- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NES
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- MRI
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- MRA
-
- NIA
-
- MIT
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- rt.
-
- RSE
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- RSA
-
- Rs.
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- RPM
-
- SPR
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- MIP
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- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ml.
-
- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MLA
-
- MLR
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- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MPA
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- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MPE
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- RTS
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- PIA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Re.
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- RAM
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noun,
a male sheep.
- PAS
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noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PTA
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plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
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- PSA
-
- pea
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noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- pie
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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:
- RMA
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- pim
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plural,
personal information manager.
- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- PRA
-
- PMT
-
- PLR
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pli
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- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pl.
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- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RMS
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plural,
ream.
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- NRA
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- REA
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NPR
-
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NSA
-
- RPS
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Pa.
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- pm.
-
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rte
-
- RNA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lt.
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LMT
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- lpm
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- LSI
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- LSM
-
- SMA
-
- LTA
-
- ITA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- 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.
- 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).
- SLE
-
- SLP
-
- lep
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SLA
-
- LIM
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ltr
-
- LST
-
- ist
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MEP
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- MIE
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sp.
-
- 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.
- IRS
-
- Me.
-
- SLR
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- MSL
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ISR
-
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- SAR
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SN
-
- le
-
- R.
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- IP
-
- RN
-
- L.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
-
- RI
-
- L2
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- S.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MN
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MP
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NP
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SL
-
- NI
-
- LR
-
- i.
-
- TL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TP
-
- TN
-
- TM
-
- NM
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NL
-
- SA
-
- LM
-
- ln
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- SM
-