Anagrams of repulsions
Word repulsions has
886 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of repulsions.
- prelusion
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noun,
a prelude.
- repulsion
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noun,
the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- spinules
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noun,
a small spine.
- soilures
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noun,
a stain.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- resinous
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adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- perilous
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adjective,
involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- purloins
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- elusions
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- upsilons
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noun,
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- splenius
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noun,
a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- spoilers
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- sporules
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- pruinose
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adjective,
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- neurosis
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- Lepsius
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noun,
Karl Richard [kahrl rikh-ahrt] /kɑrl ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- insouls
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- insures
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- lineups
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- spinous
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adjective,
covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- sporule
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noun,
a spore, especially a small one.
- spleno-
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- leprous
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adjective,
Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- spinels
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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.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- splores
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- spinule
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noun,
a small spine.
- Roussel
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noun,
Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- lupines
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- purloin
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verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- prisons
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noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Poussin
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noun,
Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
- poseurs
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- puisnes
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- poisers
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noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- purines
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noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- pleuron
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noun,
the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plessor
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noun,
plexor.
- purlins
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noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- pinoles
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Silenus
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noun,
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- Pilsner
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pileous
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adjective,
hairy or furry.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- Persius
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noun,
(Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- pelorus
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noun,
a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- inpours
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- runless
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adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- serious
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noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- pleuro-
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- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- superl.
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- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- upsilon
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noun,
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- ensouls
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- uprises
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- unpiles
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verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- suspire
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verb (used with object),
to sigh; utter with long, sighing breaths.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- supines
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noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- Silures
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- inpour
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verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- slopes
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- losers
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noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- pilose
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adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pileus
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noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- loupes
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noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- louses
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noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- Pilsen
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noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- person
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noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- sloper
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- uprose
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- slipes
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noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- Perlis
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- pilous
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adjective,
pilose.
- spurns
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noun,
disdainful rejection.
- lupine
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- unpile
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verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- urino-
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- pleur-
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- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- pleio-
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- soleus
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noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- purlin
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noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- pisser
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noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- purses
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noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- slurps
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noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- snores
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noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- snipes
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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.
- lopers
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noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Pinole
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noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- sirups
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noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- Epirus
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noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- unless
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conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- opsins
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noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- sensor
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noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- senors
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- opuses
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noun,
a musical composition.
- Russo-
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- nurses
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noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- eosins
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- rosins
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- onuses
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- one-up
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adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- sirens
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ousels
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noun,
ouzel.
- ensoul
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- pensil
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noun,
pencel.
- Pelion
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noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- neuro-
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- neurol
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- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- unrips
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verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- uprise
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noun,
an act of rising up.
- unripe
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adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- serous
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adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- rouses
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noun,
a rousing.
- lineup
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- splore
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- super-
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- souple
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noun,
silk from which only a portion of the sericin has been removed.
- polies
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noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- Superi
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plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- puisne
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- ponies
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noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- spoils
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noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- sprues
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noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- prunes
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noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- spiels
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noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- supers
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noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- spiles
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noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spline
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noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- spinel
-
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.
- supine
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noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- posers
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noun,
a person who poses.
- splen-
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- spiro-
-
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- spines
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noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spinor
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- poseur
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noun,
a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- posies
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noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- proses
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- polers
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noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- possie
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noun,
a job; position.
- pluses
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noun,
a plus quantity.
- proles
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noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- sorels
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- lesson
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noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- pulses
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noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- spouse
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noun,
either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- poises
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noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- prises
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noun,
leverage.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- pours
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noun,
the act of pouring.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rises
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noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ripen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- Pres.
-
- Press
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noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- ourie
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adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- roups
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- OPers
-
- prose
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noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- ropes
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noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- opsis
-
- prion
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noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- rinse
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ornes
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noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
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noun,
an avifauna.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- pros.
-
- Rosse
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noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- ORuss
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- prius
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noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- peri-
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- pules
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verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- 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.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- pious
-
adjective,
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- purls
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- plur.
-
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- plio-
-
- 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).
- 30-30
-
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- poss.
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- resp.
-
- ileo-
-
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- 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.
- 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.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Peron
-
noun,
Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- porns
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Prus.
-
- 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.
- reni-
-
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- loups
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Epis.
-
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spies
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- lipo-
-
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- 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.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Ipsus
-
noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Euro-
-
- insp.
-
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- insol
-
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- insep
-
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- Sino-
-
- neur-
-
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- sines
-
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.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- pron.
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- sero-
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- uro-
-
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- soup
-
noun,
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- USPS
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- prs.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- USIS
-
- supr
-
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- uni-
-
- USPO
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- sur-
-
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- rope
-
noun,
a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sers
-
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).
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seps
-
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.
- sepn
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- soln
-
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- purs
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rel.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- 1080
-
- pro-
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- prin
-
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- 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.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- Eur.
-
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- eso-
-
- ESIS
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epi-
-
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- ins.
-
- ious
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- lip-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ire.
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ISSN
-
- iso-
-
- isls
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- OPer
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- pos.
-
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- porn
-
noun,
Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively):
- PLSS
-
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- per.
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- pil-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Pers
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- PERL
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- opus
-
noun,
a musical composition.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- osis
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Pen.
-
- pre-
-
- Pol.
-
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SPR
-
- ILS
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- IOU
-
- ior
-
- ine
-
- ILP
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- in.
-
- SPS
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- IPO
-
- PLO
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- pli
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- IUS
-
- ISR
-
- PLR
-
- ipr
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- IRO
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- Ir.
-
- IPS
-
- IRL
-
- SSE
-
- ILO
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- unp
-
- EPS
-
- PSE
-
- Ep.
-
- uns
-
- up-
-
- UPI
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- ur-
-
- ure
-
- en-
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- EIS
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- eir
-
- eo-
-
- USN
-
- USO
-
- USP
-
- USR
-
- UNO
-
- POR
-
- Sr.
-
- io-
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- il-
-
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SSI
-
- SSN
-
- SSR
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- ier
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Une
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- eu-
-
- ESU
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Sus
-
- ERP
-
- PSS
-
- USS
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- lep
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- 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).
- NSU
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- nr.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- NPR
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- 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.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- NOP
-
- se-
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Pr.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- prn
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SRO
-
- NES
-
- RSE
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ons
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ROP
-
- ose
-
- RPO
-
- Rs.
-
- RSS
-
- Sp.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ROI
-
- OIr
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- op.
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUL
-
- So.
-
- Ps.
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Re.
-
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- RPS
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- SNU
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SLP
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- PIO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- 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.
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- SLR
-
- LON
-
- LPN
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- ne-
-
- LSI
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- LSS
-
- SLE
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- RU
-
- ol
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- le
-
- RP
-
- R.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SU
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ln
-
- NL
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- PU
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- IP
-
- LR
-
- U.
-
- 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.
- UI
-
- UL
-
- SN
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- RI
-
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
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- SL
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- S.
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RO
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.