Anagrams of responsibility
Word responsibility has
1938 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of responsibility.
- sensibility
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noun,
capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- nobilities
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noun,
the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- insobriety
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noun,
lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.
- sinistro-
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- soleprint
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noun,
a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- pointless
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adjective,
without a point:
- 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.
- pisolites
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- prostyles
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- tyrosines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- printless
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adjective,
making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- probities
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noun,
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- piosities
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noun,
an excessive or obvious show of piety; sanctimoniousness.
- inspirits
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verb (used with object),
to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- seniority
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noun,
the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
- nobelists
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- Linotype
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verb,
to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- elisions
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- epsilons
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- bolsters
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- biopsies
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noun,
the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- biolysis
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noun,
disintegration of organic matter through the biochemical action of living organisms, as bacteria.
- bonspiel
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noun,
a competition or meet in curling at which teams from several clubs or districts compete with one another.
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- posterns
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noun,
a back door or gate.
- ripostes
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noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- sisterly
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adjective,
of, like, or befitting a sister:
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Pointers
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noun,
a person or thing that points.
- blistery
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adjective,
having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blisters
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- pitiless
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adjective,
feeling or showing no pity; merciless:
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitrosyl
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adjective,
nitroso.
- Nobelist
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- pistoles
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- sobriety
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noun,
the state or quality of being sober.
- nobility
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noun,
the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- sirloins
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- estriols
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- 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.
- pisolite
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noun,
limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- sorbents
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- ripienos
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- polities
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noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- byliners
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noun,
a writer important enough to merit a byline.
- tinselry
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noun,
cheap and pretentious display.
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- 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.
- bristols
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- bristles
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- 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.
- 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;
- isotypes
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noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- senility
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noun,
the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- 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.
- 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.
- prostyle
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adjective,
(of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- reposits
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verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- spoilers
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- pyelitis
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noun,
inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- brionies
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noun,
bryony.
- bryonies
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noun,
any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia, of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.
- 11-point
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- 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.
- Peronist
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noun,
a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- isolines
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noun,
isogram.
- inspirit
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verb (used with object),
to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- 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.
- 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.
- trypsins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- tyrosine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- 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.
- priestly
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adjective,
of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal:
- ironists
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- pentyls
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adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- pensils
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noun,
pencel.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entropy
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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.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristly
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adjective,
covered or rough with bristles.
- brinies
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noun,
ocean.
- epiboly
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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.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- Bristol
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- ospreys
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noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- silents
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tiepins
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noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- orpines
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- sinopis
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noun,
a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- sinters
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- obesity
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noun,
the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence:
- Oberlin
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noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- systole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward.
Compare diastole.
- sensory
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adjective,
of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- ostlers
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noun,
hostler.
- elytron
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noun,
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.
- sirloin
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noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- 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.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- tylosis
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noun,
a bubblelike formation in the cavity of tracheids or vessels in the wood of trees, consisting of protoplasm intruded from adjacent parenchyma cells.
- Sistine
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adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- petrol.
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- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- Epsilon
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noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- insteps
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noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- spleno-
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- stipels
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noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- spirits
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noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- instils
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- leprosy
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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.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- splints
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noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- leptons
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noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- spinose
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adjective,
full of spines; spiniferous; spinous.
- spinors
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noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- stylers
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noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- splores
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noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- Liberty
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- step-in
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- isopyre
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noun,
an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- isospin
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noun,
isotopic spin.
- isotype
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noun,
a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted:
- step-on
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adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- spoiler
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noun,
a person or thing that spoils.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- sprints
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noun,
a short race at full speed.
- stepson
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noun,
a son of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- spriest
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adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- sterno-
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- sterols
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stibine
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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.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- spinets
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noun,
a small upright piano.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Persson
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noun,
Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- strobes
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noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Tbilisi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- nestors
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- tensors
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- slopers
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noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- slip-on
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noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- 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.
- 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:
- ibility
-
- lie-bys
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noun,
a paved section alongside a highway for automobiles in need of emergency repairs.
- stoners
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- spinels
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noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- linseys
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noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- lyrists
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noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lysines
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noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- sorbets
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noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- stopers
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noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- storeys
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noun,
story2 .
- 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.
- stories
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- lobster
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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.
- 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.:
- sprites
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noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- bretons
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- pitiers
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noun,
a person who pities.
- bisters
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noun,
bistre.
- riboses
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- bistres
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bistros
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noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- poisers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- pointes
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noun,
the tip of the toe.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- poiesis
-
- Ploesti
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noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plessor
-
noun,
plexor.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- riblets
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- pissoir
-
noun,
a street urinal for public use, especially one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like.
- boilers
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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.
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- pyrosis
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noun,
heartburn (def 1).
- pyrones
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noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- riposte
-
noun,
a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke:
- Pyrites
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noun,
pyrite.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- piosity
-
noun,
an excessive or obvious show of piety; sanctimoniousness.
- topline
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adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- risible
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- topless
-
adjective,
lacking a top:
- poleyns
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- triples
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noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tropine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- pterion
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noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- reposit
-
verb (used with object),
to put back; replace.
- protein
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noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- prostie
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noun,
a prostitute.
- proline
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noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- trypsin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- probits
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- probity
-
noun,
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- Tripoli
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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.
- berlins
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- Prissie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- prisons
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- bestirs
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- priests
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- trioses
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- prestos
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- Preston
-
noun,
a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- Presbyt
-
- potsies
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- byliner
-
noun,
a writer important enough to merit a byline.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- posters
-
noun,
a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
- postern
-
noun,
a back door or gate.
- 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.
- by-plot
-
noun,
subplot.
- rissole
-
noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- petrols
-
noun,
British. gasoline.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- 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.
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pinitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- lie-by
-
noun,
a paved section alongside a highway for automobiles in need of emergency repairs.
- posies
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- spinor
-
noun,
a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- posits
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- 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.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- Lesbos
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- pinery
-
noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Presb.
-
- posers
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- portly
-
adjective,
rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- lysins
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- lysine
-
noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- 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.
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- lyrist
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- linsey
-
noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- 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.
- presto
-
noun,
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- Peyton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Payton.
- proses
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- probes
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- pylons
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- 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.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- pentyl
-
adjective,
containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- Petros
-
noun,
Canadian. the federally owned petroleum industry.
- proles
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- prosit
-
interjection,
(used as a toast to wish good health to one's drinking companions).
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- petro-
-
- rosets
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ptero-
-
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- rosily
-
adverb,
with a rosy color.
- ptosis
-
noun,
a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- person
-
noun,
a human being, whether an adult or child:
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sporty
-
adjective,
flashy; showy.
- spoils
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- lenity
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- lepto-
-
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- peltry
-
noun,
fur skins; pelts collectively.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- repots
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- spiro-
-
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Leyton
-
noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- splen-
-
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- 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.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- prison
-
noun,
a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- splore
-
noun,
a frolic; revel; carousal.
- Prissy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- polity
-
noun,
a particular form or system of government:
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- oribis
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- 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.
- 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.
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- 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.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- nitro-
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- 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.
- nytril
-
noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- septi-
-
- 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.
- Plenty
-
noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- pyosis
-
noun,
the formation of pus; suppuration.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- 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.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- synop.
-
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Sibyls
-
noun,
any of certain women of antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy or divination.
- 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.
- serbo-
-
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- pyrite
-
noun,
a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Sisley
-
noun,
Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- opsins
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- Ripley
-
noun,
George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- pyrone
-
noun,
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C 5 H 4 O 2 .
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- pleio-
-
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- 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.
- 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.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- poiser
-
noun,
a person or thing that poises.
- 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.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lopers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- poises
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- 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.
- Osprey
-
noun,
Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- osiers
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- poleyn
-
noun,
a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- polers
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- polit.
-
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- pointy
-
adjective,
having a comparatively sharp point:
- sentry
-
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.
- sepoys
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slypes
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- plyers
-
noun,
plier.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- sloper
-
noun,
a person or thing that slopes.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- slopes
-
- poetry
-
noun,
the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- 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.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snorts
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- Sobers
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- 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.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rebops
-
noun,
bop1 .
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- 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.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- 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.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- stripy
-
adjective,
having or marked with stripes.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- stroys
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- biosis
-
- strops
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estops
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- biopsy
-
noun,
the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- 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.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boleyn
-
noun,
Anne, 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
- Iletin
-
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- tribo-
-
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- stores
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- topers
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- stoper
-
noun,
a machine for drilling rock from below.
- Stopes
-
noun,
Marie Carmichael, 1880–1958, English scientist and birth control advocate.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- 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.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- briony
-
noun,
bryony.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- byline
-
noun,
a printed line of text accompanying a news story, article, or the like, giving the author's name.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- triply
-
adverb,
to a triple number, measure, or degree.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- 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.
- 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.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- 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.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- 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.
- betony
-
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.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- beryls
-
noun,
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- 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.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Trilby
-
noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- tripos
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.
- Erinys
-
noun,
any of the Furies.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- broses
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- 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.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- inter.
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- stipos
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Byrnes
-
noun,
James Francis, 1879–1972, U.S. statesman and jurist: secretary of state 1945–47.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- blinis
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- byrnie
-
noun,
a coat of mail; hauberk.
- 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.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- steno-
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- stylo-
-
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Styles
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- 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.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- intro.
-
- instr.
-
- tressy
-
adjective,
resembling or having tresses.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- blypes
-
noun,
a thin skin or membrane, especially a small piece of skin.
- 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.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- poet.
-
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Tobey
-
noun,
Mark, 1890–1976, U.S. painter.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- 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.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- poesy
-
noun,
the work or the art of poetic composition.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- poss.
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- posse
-
noun,
posse comitatus.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- possy
-
noun,
possie.
- biol.
-
- sebi-
-
- post-
-
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Selby
-
noun,
Hubert, Jr. 1928–2004, U.S. novelist.
- 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.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- poly-
-
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- 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.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- opsis
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- sero-
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- tipsy
-
adjective,
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- OPers
-
- seti-
-
- typos
-
noun,
typographical error.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Sibyl
-
noun,
any of certain women of antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy or divination.
- Sybil
-
noun,
a female given name.
- typo-
-
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- Ebony
-
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.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- Pres.
-
- 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.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- potsy
-
noun,
hopscotch.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Sepoy
-
noun,
(formerly, in India) a native soldier, usually an infantryman, in the service of Europeans, especially of the British.
- BSRet
-
- bitsy
-
adjective,
tiny; itty-bitty.
- 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:
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- 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.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- rept.
-
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- Sept.
-
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- preys
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- btry.
-
- Brit.
-
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- porny
-
adjective,
Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic:
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- pores
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- 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.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- 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.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- bossy
-
noun,
a familiar name for a cow or calf.
- 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):
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- piney
-
adjective,
piny.
- Port.
-
- 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.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- 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.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- byres
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Boyer
-
noun,
Jean Pierre [zhahn pyer] /ʒɑ̃ pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1776–1850, Haitian political leader: president 1818–43.
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Boyle
-
noun,
Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boyne
-
noun,
a river in E Ireland: William III defeated James II near here 1690. 70 miles (110 km) long.
- 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.
- 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.
- pyro-
-
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Byrne
-
noun,
Donn [don] /dɒn/ (Show IPA), Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- pyres
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- 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.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- 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.
- 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.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Pylos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- biont
-
- bliny
-
plural noun,
blini.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- pesos
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- pert.
-
- 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).
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- plyer
-
noun,
plier.
- Briny
-
noun,
ocean.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pliny
-
noun,
("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- 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).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- plio-
-
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Peony
-
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.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Byron
-
noun,
George Gordon, Lord (6th Baron Byron) 1788–1824, English poet.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- plebs
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- pylon
-
noun,
a marking post or tower for guiding aviators, frequently used in races.
- blype
-
noun,
a thin skin or membrane, especially a small piece of skin.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ports
-
noun,
a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- pyins
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- resp.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- petr-
-
- pleo-
-
- 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.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- posey
-
adjective,
characteristic of or being a poser, especially in being trendy or fashionable in a superficial way.
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- 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.
- poser
-
noun,
a person who poses.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- poses
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- petri
-
- piety
-
noun,
reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- stops
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- 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.
- tropy
-
- lyso-
-
- lysis
-
noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- 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.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- 30-30
-
- lysin
-
noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- 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.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- speos
-
noun,
a cavelike temple, tomb, or the like, cut in rock.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- lipo-
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- 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).
- ileo-
-
- spies
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- ilio-
-
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ility
-
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- strop
-
noun,
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- sonsy
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; robust.
- reply
-
noun,
an answer or response in words or writing.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- sorts
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- sorbs
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- 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.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- yelps
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- reni-
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- intr.
-
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- yonis
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- 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.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- styl-
-
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- spor-
-
- spore
-
noun,
Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sport
-
noun,
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- ition
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Ypres
-
noun,
a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ster.
-
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- 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.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- step-
-
- 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.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- 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.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- 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):
- init.
-
- in-lb
-
- spiny
-
adjective,
abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- insep
-
- 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.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- insol
-
- spiry
-
adjective,
having the form of a spire, slender shoot, or tapering pointed body; tapering up to a point like a spire.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- lepsy
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- repos
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- noisy
-
adjective,
making much noise:
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- syst.
-
- nobly
-
adverb,
in a noble manner.
- ento-
-
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- 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.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slype
-
noun,
a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- trop-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- Epist
-
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- pret.
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Betsy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Sino-
-
- OBrit
-
- 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.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obiit
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- obeys
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- 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.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Epis.
-
- prob.
-
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- telo-
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- 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.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- prosy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or resembling prose.
- 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.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- lt-yr
-
- pross
-
noun,
prostitute.
- prost
-
interjection,
prosit.
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- Prot.
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- lossy
-
adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- 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.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- pros.
-
- prose
-
noun,
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- nitr-
-
- 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.
- Beryl
-
noun,
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- snyes
-
noun,
a backwater.
- 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.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- slops
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- pron.
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- teno-
-
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tron
-
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- repl
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Rep.
-
- rel.
-
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- TRIB
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- 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.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ten.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Syr.
-
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- 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.
- syn-
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- typ.
-
- str.
-
- Ste.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- spry
-
adjective,
active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- Sol.
-
- tel-
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- soln
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- Soni
-
- sops
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- tion
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tri-
-
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- top-
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- ropy
-
adjective,
resembling a rope or ropes:
- type
-
noun,
a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category:
- Tob.
-
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- 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).
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- 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
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Toby
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- rpt.
-
- SBLI
-
- SEbS
-
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- 1080
-
- lin.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- 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.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NYSE
-
- 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):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- 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).
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ESIS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- neo-
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- epit
-
- epi-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NLRB
-
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Lory
-
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- BSLS
-
- obs.
-
- BSIT
-
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- BSIR
-
- BSOT
-
- BSIE
-
- 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.
- BSES
-
- BSEP
-
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- obey
-
verb (used with object),
to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of:
- BSPE
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- nos-
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- 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.
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- 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.
- BSPT
-
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- 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.
- btl.
-
- NRPB
-
- NTSB
-
- BSSE
-
- eso-
-
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ile-
-
- ISSN
-
- yips
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- yipe
-
interjection,
(an expression or exclamation of fright, surprise, pain, etc.)
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- itol
-
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- isls
-
- yelp
-
noun,
a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ible
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- 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.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- yrs.
-
- ISBN
-
- yobs
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- 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.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- 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.
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lyte
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- est.
-
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lobs
-
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Espy
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- esp.
-
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- 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.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- lys-
-
- 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.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- lip-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- BSRT
-
- pyes
-
noun,
pie4 .
- 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.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- byre
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pyin
-
noun,
an albuminous constituent of pus.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- 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.
- Pet.
-
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- pos.
-
- 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):
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- byte
-
noun,
adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- per.
-
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- PERL
-
- Pers
-
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- pil-
-
- Pyle
-
noun,
Ernest ("Ernie") 1900–45, U.S. war correspondent and journalist.
- posy
-
noun,
a flower, nosegay, or bouquet.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- Pol.
-
- pity
-
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:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- bet.
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- ploy
-
noun,
a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- pony
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- 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.
- bin-
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- piny
-
adjective,
abounding in or covered with pine trees:
- 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.
- pyo-
-
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- pyr-
-
- 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.
- pyre
-
noun,
a pile or heap of wood or other combustible material.
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- 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.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- 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.
- osis
-
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- bot.
-
- beys
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- pts.
-
- 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.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Ont.
-
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- OPer
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opsy
-
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- orby
-
adjective,
like or pertaining to an orb.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- BPOE
-
- 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:
- prs.
-
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- pro-
-
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- BLit
-
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- pot.
-
- pre-
-
- Bely
-
noun,
Andrei [uhn-dryey] /ʌnˈdryeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev) 1880–1934, Russian writer.
- prey
-
noun,
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Bol.
-
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- PLSS
-
- prin
-
- bony
-
adjective,
of or like bone.
- 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.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- TSE
-
- ior
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Yeo
-
- IBN
-
- BEP
-
- yer
-
- trp
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- STP
-
- TSI
-
- TSP
-
- 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.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- yip
-
noun,
a sharp bark; yelp.
- ILO
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- ILS
-
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- Br.
-
- ier
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- Tro
-
- il-
-
- YOB
-
noun,
a teenage lout or hooligan.
- BSS
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- be-
-
- yep
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- 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 = .
- bp.
-
- ine
-
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- in.
-
- ILP
-
- bl.
-
- STL
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- ib.
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- eo-
-
- EbN
-
- 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.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- STI
-
- EBS
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Boy
-
noun,
a male child, from birth to full growth, especially one less than 18 years of age.
- BNS
-
- BST
-
- BPE
-
- Bn.
-
- BRE
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- BSE
-
- TNB
-
- tlr
-
- BSP
-
- tlo
-
- BPS
-
- 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.
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- BPI
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- io-
-
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ety
-
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- ERP
-
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- BIE
-
- by-
-
- bi-
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- BLS
-
- tr.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TPI
-
- en-
-
- TPN
-
- 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.
- Tpr
-
- Bly
-
noun,
Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.
- ery
-
- ble
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- 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.
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- IPO
-
- ose
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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:
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- 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).
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ory
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- OSP
-
- ONR
-
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Pr.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- prn
-
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- se-
-
- op.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- SLE
-
- NOP
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ipr
-
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- ob.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- OSB
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OBE
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obl
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OIr
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- OIt
-
- Syl
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- POR
-
- 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
-
- ply
-
noun,
a thickness or layer.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- PLO
-
- PLR
-
- POB
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- 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.
- 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.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Pry
-
noun,
an impertinently inquisitive person.
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PSS
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- Re.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- RPS
-
- RBI
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- pl.
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- SBE
-
- RPO
-
- sb.
-
- SRO
-
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- PTO
-
- PBS
-
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- py-
-
- 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:
- pye
-
noun,
pie4 .
- ROP
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- PIO
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- TSS
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- SPR
-
- ity
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Lt.
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ist
-
- lep
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ite
-
- ISR
-
- LON
-
- SSR
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- STB
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSN
-
- Isl
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSB
-
- ss.
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- SPS
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- ltr
-
- LSI
-
- SLR
-
- LSS
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- LST
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NbE
-
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- SLP
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NYP
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- LPN
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NY
-
- 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.
- RO
-
- Eb
-
- NP
-
- yl
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- IP
-
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RN
-
- ey
-
- O.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ry
-
- B-
-
- RI
-
- SN
-
- EI
-
- NI
-
- BO
-
- R.
-
- yr
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- TL
-
- PB
-
- i.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- LR
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- t.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- YT
-
- TB
-
- T1
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ln
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- Y.
-
- ly
-
- L.
-
- TN
-
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- RP
-
- NB
-
- ty
-
- YB
-
- le
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- TP
-
- N.
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- ol
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.