Anagrams of responsibilities
Word responsibilities has
2055 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of responsibilities.
- sensibilities
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noun,
capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- responsible
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adjective,
answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for):
- seniorities
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noun,
the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
- sobrieties
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noun,
the state or quality of being sober.
- interlopes
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verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- stereopsis
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noun,
stereoscopic vision; the ability to perceive depth.
- interposes
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- ostensible
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adjective,
outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended:
- repletions
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- nobilities
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noun,
the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- bel-esprit
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noun,
a person of great wit or intellect.
- senilities
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noun,
the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- stilbenes
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noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- nobelists
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- soleprint
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noun,
a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- resilient
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adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- sepiolite
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noun,
meerschaum (def 1).
- terpineol
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noun,
any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- interpose
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verb (used with object),
to place between; cause to intervene:
- Serpentis
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noun,
genitive of Serpens.
- noiseless
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adjective,
accompanied by or making little or no noise; silent; quiet:
- pistoleer
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noun,
a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- interlope
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verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- essonites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- obesities
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noun,
the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence:
- inspirits
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verb (used with object),
to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- sinistro-
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- repletion
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- pisolites
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- probities
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noun,
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- isentrope
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noun,
a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- printless
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adjective,
making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- piosities
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noun,
an excessive or obvious show of piety; sanctimoniousness.
- epistoler
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noun,
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
- lionesses
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noun,
a female lion.
- splinters
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- libertine
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noun,
a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
- liberties
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- entresols
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- spinsters
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- entropies
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
- leprosies
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noun,
a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- petronels
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- epibolies
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noun,
the movement and spreading out of cells into sheets of tissue that overlie or surround other groups of cells, especially as in the formation of certain gastrulas.
- serositis
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noun,
inflammation of a serous membrane.
- politesse
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noun,
formal politeness; courtesy.
- pointless
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adjective,
without a point:
- priestess
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noun,
a woman who officiates in sacred rites.
- isoprenes
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- bilestone
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noun,
gallstone.
- responses
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- serotines
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- reenlists
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- pineries
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pinitols
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noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- petronel
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- ebonites
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noun,
vulcanite.
- 11-point
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- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- elisions
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- rissoles
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- pioneers
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noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- sensible
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adjective,
having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment:
- bolsters
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- posterns
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- bonesets
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noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- bonspiel
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noun,
a competition or meet in curling at which teams from several clubs or districts compete with one another.
- bornites
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- polities
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noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- 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.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- poetries
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noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- brionies
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noun,
bryony.
- pisolite
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- bristles
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristols
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- plessors
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noun,
plexor.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- pitiless
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adjective,
feeling or showing no pity; merciless:
- pistoles
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- pissoirs
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noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- tensible
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adjective,
capable of being stretched; tensile.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- isolines
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noun,
isogram.
- isoprene
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isospins
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noun,
isotopic spin.
- isostere
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- sorbents
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- stenosis
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noun,
a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- spelters
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- spielers
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- Nobelist
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- spotless
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adjective,
free from any spot, stain, etc.; immaculately clean:
- leporine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- spoilers
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirelet
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noun,
a small spire, as on a turret.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- stibines
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noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- Peterson
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noun,
Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- essonite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- persists
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- perlites
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- pentoses
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- siberite
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noun,
a violet or violet-red tourmaline, used as a gem.
- peltries
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noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- espresso
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noun,
a strong coffee prepared by forcing live steam under pressure, or boiling water, through ground dark-roast coffee beans.
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- stilbene
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noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- estrones
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- sirloins
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- Sisseton
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noun,
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inspirit
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verb (used with object),
to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- noteless
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adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- Interpol
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noun,
an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
- boiserie
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noun,
sculptured paneling, especially that of French architecture in the 18th century.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- psilosis
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noun,
a falling out of the hair.
- response
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noun,
an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- prolines
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- 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.
- respites
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noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- blisters
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- tripolis
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noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- presents
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noun,
the present time.
- biopsies
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noun,
the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- besprent
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adjective,
besprinkled; bestrewn.
- seilenos
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noun,
Silenus.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- restless
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adjective,
characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest:
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- berlines
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noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- betonies
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noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- pereion
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noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- sessile
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adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- sorbets
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noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- telesis
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noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- peonies
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- penises
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Peneios
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- Rossini
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noun,
Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- Tbilisi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- pelters
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noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- strobes
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noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- stripes
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noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- pelites
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noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- pelisse
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noun,
an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- pebrine
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noun,
an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- sorites
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noun,
a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- perlite
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noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- petrels
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noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Spenser
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noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- enrobes
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verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- sprints
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- entero-
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- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Petrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Spieler
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noun,
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- petrol.
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- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- petiole
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- Epstein
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noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- session
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noun,
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- telsons
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Epistle
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noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- persist
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verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- Spelter
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noun,
zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- pesters
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verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- tresses
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noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- pestles
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noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- essoins
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- insists
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verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- sterno-
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- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- resists
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noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- bestirs
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- berlins
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noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- 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.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- berline
-
noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- replies
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- re-pose
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pose again.
- stibine
-
noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- instils
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- sterols
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- insteps
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Oberlin
-
noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- openers
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- sorbent
-
noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- reopens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- stories
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- osseins
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- osselet
-
noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- isospin
-
noun,
isotopic spin.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinopis
-
noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- sinless
-
adjective,
free from or without sin.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- respite
-
noun,
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- stoners
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Sisters
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- resoles
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- stereo-
-
- Orestes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- Ileitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- stepson
-
noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- repents
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- orpines
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- stopers
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- betises
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- biotins
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- spoiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- priests
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- brinies
-
noun,
ocean.
- poesies
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- poetess
-
noun,
a woman who writes poetry.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- lessors
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- poiesis
-
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- blisses
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- splores
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- blesses
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- splints
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- lobster
-
noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- prisses
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- loesses
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- spinets
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- prisons
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- spinors
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- Bristol
-
noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- spinose
-
adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- plessor
-
noun,
plexor.
- ripieno
-
noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- lessens
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Lesseps
-
noun,
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de [fur-dn-and muh-ree,, vee-kawnt duh French, fer-dee-nahn ma-ree,, vee-kawnt duh] /ˈfɜr dnˌænd məˈri,, viˈkɔnt də French, fɛr diˈnɑ̃ maˈri,, vi kɔ̃t də/ (Show IPA), 1805–94, French engineer and diplomat: promoter of the Suez Canal.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- poisers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- bo-tree
-
noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- posters
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- spleens
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- topless
-
adjective,
lacking a top:
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- present
-
noun,
the present time.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- seleno-
-
- boneset
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- poteens
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- seisins
-
noun,
seizin.
- potsies
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- boilers
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- possets
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- spleno-
-
- listers
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- risible
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- bossies
-
noun,
a familiar name for a cow or calf.
- prestos
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- presses
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- bornite
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- rissole
-
noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- spirits
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- pontils
-
noun,
punty.
- presets
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Prissie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- tiepins
-
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.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- probits
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- prosses
-
noun,
prostitute.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- ebonies
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- pieties
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- riboses
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- pinitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- bistres
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bisters
-
noun,
bistre.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- trebles
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- leprose
-
adjective,
leprous.
- Tripoli
-
noun,
Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- pissoir
-
noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- Serpent
-
noun,
a snake.
- prostie
-
noun,
a prostitute.
- Serpens
-
noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pissers
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- bistros
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- Elpenor
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- spinels
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- spriest
-
adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- protein
-
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.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- proline
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- nitro-
-
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- spiro-
-
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- losses
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- nesses
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- speiss
-
noun,
a product obtained in smelting certain ores, consisting of one or more metallic arsenides, as of iron or nickel.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- speels
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Preble
-
noun,
Edward, 1761–1807, U.S. naval officer.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- probes
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serbo-
-
- septi-
-
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pisses
-
noun,
urine.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- 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.
- 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:
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- plebes
-
noun,
Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- 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.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- sepsis
-
noun,
local or generalized invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins:
- pleio-
-
- petro-
-
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- preset
-
noun,
a knob or button that activates a preset appliance:
- posset
-
noun,
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
- possie
-
noun,
a job; position.
- poster
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- Presb.
-
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- polit.
-
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- seises
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- senses
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- senors
-
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.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- sleeps
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- oribis
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Osiris
-
noun,
the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Sobers
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- 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.
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snipes
-
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.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- repose
-
noun,
the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- rosins
-
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.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- slopes
-
- obsess
-
verb (used with object),
to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally:
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- rebops
-
noun,
bop1 .
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sestos
-
noun,
an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.
- pester
-
verb (used with object),
to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- ptero-
-
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- Peters
-
noun,
penis.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- repels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- selen-
-
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instr.
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- blinis
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- torses
-
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.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- bosses
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- Iletin
-
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- bleeps
-
noun,
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
- tosses
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- isseis
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- biosis
-
- biotin
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- steres
-
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- irones
-
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.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- inter.
-
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- steno-
-
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- 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.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- eosins
-
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.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- enter-
-
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- teleo-
-
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- stress
-
noun,
importance attached to a thing:
Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- broses
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lesbos
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- besets
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- Bessel
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drik wil-helm;; German free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1846, German astronomer.
- besses
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lesses
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Bessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- steeps
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- sprits
-
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.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- sports
-
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.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Belsen
-
noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- 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.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- lepers
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- lepto-
-
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- tribo-
-
- 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.
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- splen-
-
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- 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.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plio-
-
- Brit.
-
- 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.
- sero-
-
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- 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.
- trop-
-
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- pleo-
-
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- resp.
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- 30-30
-
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- poet.
-
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- plebs
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- 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.
- plebe
-
noun,
Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- 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.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- beeps
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- 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.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Sept.
-
- BSRet
-
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- BSElE
-
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- 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.
- BPetE
-
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pros.
-
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- prob.
-
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- 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.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- bleep
-
noun,
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- 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.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- 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.
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- 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.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- sebi-
-
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- biol.
-
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- biont
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- reni-
-
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Prot.
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- Port.
-
- 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):
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- poss.
-
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- 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.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- pret.
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- 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.
- rept.
-
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Pres.
-
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- posts
-
noun,
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- post-
-
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- 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.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- insep
-
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- 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.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- insol
-
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- OBrit
-
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- obiit
-
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- opsis
-
- spies
-
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- sito-
-
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- OPers
-
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- init.
-
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- ileo-
-
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- ster.
-
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sones
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ition
-
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- step-
-
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- nests
-
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.
- nitr-
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Nebr.
-
- snobs
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- noses
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- 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.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- intr.
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- 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.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- ilio-
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- tele-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- 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.
- telo-
-
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- spor-
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- ento-
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- petri
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- petr-
-
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- 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.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- lipo-
-
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- pert.
-
- 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.
- teno-
-
- Epis.
-
- Epist
-
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- seti-
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- 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).
- pene-
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- 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.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Stoss
-
noun,
Veit [fahyt] /faɪt/ (Show IPA), c1440–1533, German sculptor and painter.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- 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.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Sino-
-
- esses
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- tron
-
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- sepn
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- str.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- top-
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ter.
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- tel-
-
- tion
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- soln
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SEbS
-
- tri-
-
- Soni
-
- SBLI
-
- rpt.
-
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- TRIB
-
- Sol.
-
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- 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):
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- NLRB
-
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- btl.
-
- 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.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Nor.
-
- NEbE
-
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- 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.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- OPer
-
- BSEP
-
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- BSEE
-
- Ont.
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- BSES
-
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- nos-
-
- BSRT
-
- 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-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NRPB
-
- NTSB
-
- BSSS
-
- BSSE
-
- BSPT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSPE
-
- BSOT
-
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- BSLS
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- BSIT
-
- obs.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ible
-
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- esp.
-
- eso-
-
- itol
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- ESIS
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- ile-
-
- itis
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- 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.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- 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.
- ins.
-
- ISBN
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- INRI
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 1080
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobs
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lit.
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- LitB
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lin.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lip-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- rit.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- BSIE
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- pot.
-
- pre-
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prin
-
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pro-
-
- prs.
-
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- 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):
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pts.
-
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- BLit
-
- blip
-
noun,
Also called pip. Electronics.
a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
(loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- PLSS
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Pol.
-
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- repl
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- 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.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- 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.
- 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.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Pers
-
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- 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.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- Pet.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- Bol.
-
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- PERL
-
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- per.
-
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- bot.
-
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- Pen.
-
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- 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.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- 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.
- osis
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- BPOE
-
- bops
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pil-
-
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ETO
-
- ESR
-
- ib.
-
- STP
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Br.
-
- TNB
-
- IBN
-
- tlr
-
- ETR
-
- BSE
-
- ETS
-
- io-
-
- BSL
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ine
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- 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 = .
- TSP
-
- BRE
-
- BPS
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- trp
-
- BPI
-
- be-
-
- bl.
-
- ier
-
- BPE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- STL
-
- bp.
-
- in.
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- ILS
-
- BSS
-
- ILP
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ILO
-
- il-
-
- BRT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESL
-
- ene
-
- EPS
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- tr.
-
- Ep.
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EBS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- en-
-
- EbN
-
- TPI
-
- ble
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- BNS
-
- eir
-
- Bn.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- BLS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EPT
-
- eo-
-
- Tbi
-
- EIS
-
- Tro
-
- tlo
-
- TBO
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- ese
-
- Bop
-
noun,
Also called bebop. early modern jazz developed in the early 1940s and characterized by often dissonant triadic and chromatic chords, fast tempos and eccentric rhythms, intricate melodic lines punctuated by pop-tune phrases, and emphasizing the inventiveness of soloists.
Compare cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- ERT
-
- IOT
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- BEP
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERP
-
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- bi-
-
- BIE
-
- BSP
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TSS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- OSP
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OTS
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- Pr.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- prn
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- PBS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- ob.
-
- op.
-
- OSB
-
- OBE
-
- IPO
-
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- obl
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SLE
-
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- 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:
- PIO
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Rs.
-
- SBE
-
- sb.
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RPO
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- ROP
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- se-
-
- RBI
-
- 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.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- 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).
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pli
-
- 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.
- PLO
-
- PLR
-
- POB
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- POR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- NPR
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- NOP
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SSB
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SSI
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SPR
-
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- SSE
-
- SSN
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Isl
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- STI
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- ISR
-
- SSR
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Lt.
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- STB
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSS
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- 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:
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NES
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NbE
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ltr
-
- LSS
-
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- LSI
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- LST
-
- ee
-
- L2
-
- BO
-
- L1
-
- RO
-
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SL
-
- S.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- EI
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Eb
-
- RP
-
- B-
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SN
-
- NL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- O.
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- TL
-
- TB
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- PB
-
- 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.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LR
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- N.
-
- NB
-
- T1
-
- t.
-
- ol
-
- TP
-
- le
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- R.
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RI
-
- TN
-
- RN
-
- i.
-
- IP
-