Anagrams of respiration
Word respiration has
1393 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of respiration.
- periastron
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noun,
the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- Portinari
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noun,
Cândido [kahn-dee-doo] /ˈkɑ̃ di dʊ/ (Show IPA), 1903–62, Brazilian painter.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- priorates
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- Peronista
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noun,
Peronist.
- serration
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noun,
serrated condition or form.
- topiaries
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noun,
topiary work; the topiary art.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- atropines
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- rarities
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noun,
something rare, unusual, or uncommon:
- priorate
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noun,
the office, rank, or term of office of a prior.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- printers
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- pierrots
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- terrapin
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- arterio-
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- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- pinaster
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noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- atropine
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noun,
a poisonous crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from belladonna and other plants of the nightshade family, that prevents the response of various body structures to certain types of nerve stimulation: used chiefly to relieve spasms, to lessen secretions, and, topically, to dilate the pupil of the eye.
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- introrse
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adjective,
turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Poitiers
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles a.d. 507, 732, 1356.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- parities
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noun,
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- priories
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noun,
a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- praetors
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- 11-point
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- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- Paterson
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noun,
a city in NE New Jersey.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Pretoria
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noun,
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.
- prisoner
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noun,
a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- prorates
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- anterior
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adjective,
situated before or at the front of; fore (opposed to posterior).
- airstrip
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noun,
a small landing field having only one runway.
- tropines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- pronates
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- open-air
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noun,
the outdoors.
- pertains
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- operants
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- protean
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adjective,
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- sterno-
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- entraps
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verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- pastern
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noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- antero-
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- 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.
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- Piarist
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noun,
a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- stearo-
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- epinaos
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noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- 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.
- prairie
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noun,
an extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in the Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses, and merging into drier plateaus in the west.
Compare pampas, savanna, steppe.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- presort
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verb (used with object),
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- atopies
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noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- trepans
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noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- airport
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noun,
a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, especially one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- striper
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noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- riposte
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Preston
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noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- praetor
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- piaster
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noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- sporter
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noun,
a person or thing that sports, as a participant in a sport.
- partons
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noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- prorate
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verb (used with object),
to divide, distribute, or calculate proportionately.
- Painter
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- pianist
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noun,
a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- parison
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noun,
a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- operant
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noun,
a person or thing that operates.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- parries
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noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- pronate
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verb (used with object),
to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- porters
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- Serrano
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- 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.
- seaport
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noun,
a port or harbor on or accessible to a seacoast and providing accommodation for seagoing vessels.
- opiates
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noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- partier
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noun,
partyer.
- postern
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- sapient
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adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- partner
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- sporran
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noun,
(in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- isation
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- parties
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noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Esparto
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noun,
any of several grasses, especially Stipa tenacissima, of southern Europe and northern Africa, used for making paper, cordage, etc.
- parrots
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noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- spirant
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noun,
fricative (def 2).
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- pointer
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Pistoia
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noun,
a city in N Tuscany, in N Italy.
- transp.
-
- Rainier
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noun,
Mount, a volcanic peak in W Washington, in the Cascade Range. 14,408 feet (4392 meters).
- rapiers
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noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- perrons
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noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- Pearson
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noun,
Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- reports
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noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- pinites
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noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- aspirin
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- repairs
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noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- traipse
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noun,
a tiring walk.
- raptors
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noun,
a raptorial bird.
- pertain
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verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- arteri-
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- repaint
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- persona
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noun,
a person.
- reposit
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- aristo-
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- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- pretors
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noun,
praetor.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- arseno-
-
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- tarpons
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noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- 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.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- Pierrot
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noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- Printer
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noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- raters
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noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- raisin
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- resort
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noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- opines
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- 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.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Senora
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- raster
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noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- intra-
-
- intro.
-
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- Porter
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noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- oaters
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- rapier
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noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapine
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rasper
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noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- Portia
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noun,
the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- septi-
-
- paints
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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.
- raptor
-
noun,
a raptorial bird.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- priors
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Sartre
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noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- proser
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noun,
a person who talks or writes in prose.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Priest
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noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- nitro-
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- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- protei
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noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- retro-
-
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- retina
-
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.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- repros
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- sapro-
-
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Norris
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noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- ptero-
-
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- no-par
-
adjective,
without par or face value:
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- parrot
-
noun,
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- penta-
-
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- arsen-
-
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- 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.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- 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):
- Peoria
-
noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- Taipei
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- patri-
-
- 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.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- patron
-
noun,
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- tarpon
-
noun,
a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tarso-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- treasr
-
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Pesaro
-
noun,
a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- aeron.
-
- 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.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- 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.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- petro-
-
- tropes
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- trans.
-
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- aniso-
-
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- parson
-
noun,
a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- spiro-
-
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- inter.
-
- panto-
-
- instr.
-
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iatro-
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- Pareto
-
noun,
Vilfredo [veel-fre-daw] /vilˈfrɛ dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1923, Italian sociologist and economist in Switzerland.
- soaper
-
noun,
soap opera.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- parton
-
noun,
a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- sproat
-
noun,
a fishhook having a circular bend.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- pastor
-
noun,
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- steno-
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Pres.
-
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Prato
-
noun,
a city in central Italy, near Florence.
- 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.
- proas
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- 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):
- Port.
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pron.
-
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poet.
-
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- prion
-
noun,
any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- post-
-
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- 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.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- 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.
- praos
-
noun,
proa.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- prae-
-
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pret.
-
- sanit
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- tears
-
- Srta.
-
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- 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.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- 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.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- treas
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- trop-
-
- trope
-
noun,
Rhetoric.
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense.
an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- tonia
-
- teno-
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- pros.
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- rept.
-
- 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.
- resp.
-
- restr
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- ropes
-
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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- 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.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- Prot.
-
- psora
-
noun,
psoriasis.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- reni-
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- rears
-
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- 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.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- span-
-
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- 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.
- Sino-
-
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sapor
-
noun,
the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Sept.
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- petri
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- astr.
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- ation
-
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- OPers
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- 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.
- Epis.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- 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.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- 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.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Epist
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- areo-
-
- nears
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Iran.
-
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- 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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- petr-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- naso-
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- intr.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- 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.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- erron
-
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- IATSE
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- nitr-
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- init.
-
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- 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).
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pert.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- aero-
-
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- 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.
- peri-
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- anis-
-
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- pant-
-
- 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.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- anti-
-
- patr-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- part.
-
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aport
-
adverb,
on or toward the port side.
- 30-30
-
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- pari-
-
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- peta-
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- Paros
-
noun,
a Greek island of the Cyclades, in the S Aegean: noted for its white marble. 77 sq. mi. (200 sq. km).
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- ins.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- AISI
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- 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.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- itis
-
- INRI
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- 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.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- inae
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tri-
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- rpt.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Sat.
-
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 1080
-
- Aire
-
- aet.
-
- tron
-
- int.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- sepn
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- 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.
- iso-
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- apo-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Apr.
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- ARIS
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arr.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- 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.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ator
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- eso-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ant.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ANSI
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ano-
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- esp.
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Sra.
-
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- str.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ens.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- epi-
-
- Ste.
-
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- epit
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- prs.
-
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- not-
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 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):
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pnea
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- repr
-
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Rep.
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- Nor.
-
- Pan.
-
- pos.
-
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pts.
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 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.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- opia
-
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- OPer
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Ont.
-
- psia
-
- PSAT
-
- 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).
- prin
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pot.
-
- NTIA
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- pre-
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- pat.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Pers
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Pen.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- 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.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- 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.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- RNAS
-
- per.
-
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Pet.
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- 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.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- RONA
-
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neo-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- RIIA
-
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Tro
-
- ONI
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ose
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASR
-
- 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:
- eo-
-
- ast
-
- trp
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATP
-
- TSE
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ap-
-
- an.
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- Ar.
-
- TSI
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- ae.
-
- TSP
-
- OPA
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- ons
-
- at.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ONR
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- TIA
-
- OSP
-
- TPI
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- POR
-
- PIO
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TPN
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- POA
-
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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.
- aor
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- APS
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ARS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ot-
-
- ASN
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- 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.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Pr.
-
- prn
-
- 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.
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PRA
-
- PTO
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- IPA
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- NIA
-
- 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:
- 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).
- IPO
-
- 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 = .
- ipr
-
- NES
-
- IPS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- in.
-
- NSA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Npt
-
- NPR
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- REA
-
- ine
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- NOP
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- RNR
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RPO
-
- SRO
-
- ROA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ROI
-
- ROP
-
- Sp.
-
- SAE
-
- IRO
-
- ISA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- RNA
-
- SAR
-
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- EPT
-
- RPS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OIr
-
- Ia.
-
- EPS
-
- Sta
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- St.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- PSA
-
- EPA
-
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- OIt
-
- Ep.
-
- STI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Re.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ERP
-
- STP
-
- ESR
-
- 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.
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ea.
-
- SPR
-
- OSA
-
- op.
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAP
-
- ean
-
- ESA
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERT
-
- OAS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RP
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NP
-
- AO
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- 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.
- N.
-
- 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.
- RO
-
- EI
-
- NI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- S.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- i.
-
- O.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SN
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- SA
-
- OA
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- IP
-
- TP
-
- RN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- 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.
- RI
-