Anagrams of ribonucleoprotein
Word ribonucleoprotein has
2115 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ribonucleoprotein.
- nucleoprotein
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noun,
any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- Incorruptible
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adjective,
not corruptible:
- Pointe-Noire
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noun,
a seaport in the S Republic of Congo.
- incorruption
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noun,
the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- neurotropic
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adjective,
having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue:
- reconnoiter
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verb (used with object),
to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
- reconnoitre
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verb (used with or without object),
reconnoiter.
- corruptible
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adjective,
that can or might be corrupted.
- boutonniere
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noun,
a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
- counterbore
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noun,
a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- intercooler
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noun,
any device for cooling a fluid between successive heating processes, especially for cooling a gas between successive compressions.
- counter-ion
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noun,
an ion in solution that associates itself with an ion of opposite charge on the surface of a member of a solute.
- Proto-ionic
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adjective,
of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.
- neuroleptic
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noun, adjective,
antipsychotic.
- coleopteron
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noun,
a coleopterous insect; beetle.
- one-to-one
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adjective,
Also, one-one. (of the relationship between two or more groups of things) corresponding element by element.
- bournonite
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noun,
a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
- biocontrol
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noun,
biological control.
- prolocutor
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noun,
a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
- preincline
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verb (used with object),
to dispose or prepare beforehand:
- corruption
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noun,
the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
- rencounter
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noun,
a hostile meeting; battle.
- interloper
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noun,
a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others:
- colporteur
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noun,
a person who travels to sell or publicize Bibles, religious tracts, etc.
- reception
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noun,
the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- libertine
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noun,
a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
- politico-
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- irruption
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noun,
a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- repletion
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noun,
the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- recipient
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noun,
a person or thing that receives; receiver:
- interlope
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verb (used without object),
to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interline
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adjective,
involving or indicating a transfer of passengers or freight from one carrier to another during travel or shipment:
- bilection
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noun,
bolection.
- Politburo
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noun,
(often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- receiptor
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noun,
a person who receipts.
- bluepoint
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noun,
a small oyster, especially one from the oyster beds near Blue Point, Long Island, usually served raw on the half shell or in a cocktail.
- pontonier
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noun,
an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- bolection
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noun,
a raised molding, especially one having flat edges and a raised center, for framing a panel, doorway, fireplace, etc.
- portioner
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noun,
a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- potboiler
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noun,
a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- poulterer
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noun,
a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- blueprint
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noun,
a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- pericline
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noun,
a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
- punctilio
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noun,
a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- pourboire
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noun,
a gratuity; tip.
- precentor
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noun,
a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- prenotion
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noun,
a preconception.
- Princeton
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noun,
a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- obreption
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noun,
Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official.
Compare subreption (def 1).
- pronounce
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verb (used with object),
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuclei
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noun,
either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- intercrop
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noun,
a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
- rencontre
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noun,
rencounter.
- inotropic
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adjective,
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- crinoline
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noun,
a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.
- elocution
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noun,
a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public:
- tierceron
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noun,
(in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- centriole
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noun,
a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in internal structure to a basal body.
- centurion
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
- incurrent
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adjective,
carrying or relating to an inward current.
- criterion
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noun,
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- Tropeolin
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noun,
tropaeolin.
- terpineol
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noun,
any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- corpulent
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adjective,
large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
- coprolite
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noun,
a stony mass consisting of fossilized fecal matter of animals.
- cooperite
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noun,
a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.
- colubrine
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adjective,
of or resembling a snake; snakelike.
- unpolitic
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adjective,
impolitic.
- coenobite
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noun,
cenobite.
- encolpion
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noun,
a pectoral medallion bearing the image of Christ or the Virgin Mary, worn by bishops.
- Cupertino
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noun,
a town in W California.
- encounter
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noun,
a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
- incretion
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noun,
a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
- incorrupt
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adjective,
not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inception
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noun,
beginning; start; commencement.
- routineer
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noun,
a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
- encrinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- Perioeci
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plural noun,
the inhabitants of ancient Laconia, constituting a dependent people of Sparta, who governed themselves and had a monopoly on trade and manufacture.
Compare Helot (def 1), Spartiate.
- courtier
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noun,
a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
- Couperin
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1668–1733, French composer.
- Pecorino
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noun,
a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- counter-
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- penoncel
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noun,
pennoncel.
- 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.
- Cleburne
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noun,
a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- contrib.
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- perilune
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noun,
the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
- continuo
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noun,
a keyboard accompanying part consisting originally of a figured bass, which in modern scores is usually realized, and serving to provide or fill out the harmonic texture.
- periotic
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adjective,
surrounding the ear.
- petrolic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or produced from petroleum.
- continue
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verb (used with object),
to go on with or persist in:
- petronel
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noun,
a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
- picoline
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noun,
any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine having the formula C 6 H 7 N, obtained from coal tar as a colorless oily liquid with a strong odor.
- borecole
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noun,
kale (def 1).
- pin-curl
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noun,
a dampened curl that is kept in place by a clip or hairpin.
- plectron
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noun,
plectrum.
- Pliocene
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noun,
the Pliocene Epoch or Series.
- Pliotron
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noun,
any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
- Interior
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noun,
the internal or inner part; inside.
- Plutonic
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- incenter
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noun,
the center of an inscribed circle; that point where the bisectors of the angles of a triangle or of a regular polygon intersect.
- cretonne
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noun,
a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
- bourtree
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noun,
European elder.
- ceinture
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noun,
cincture (defs 1, 2).
- cenobite
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noun,
a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
- line-out
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noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- locution
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noun,
a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- neoteric
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noun,
a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
- built-in
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noun,
a built-in piece of furniture or appliance.
- leporine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- electron
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noun,
Also called negatron. Physics, Chemistry. an elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of matter, having a negative charge of 1.602 × 10 −19 coulombs, a mass of 9.108 × 10 −31 kilograms, and spin of ½, and existing independently or as the component outside the nucleus of an atom.
- lenition
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noun,
Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
- electro-
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- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- 11-point
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- nicotine
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noun,
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide.
- protero-
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- nitrolic
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adjective,
of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- no-count
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adjective, noun,
no-account.
- centuple
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adjective,
a hundred times as great; hundredfold.
- nocturne
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noun,
a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
- erection
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noun,
the act of erecting.
- buntline
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noun,
one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling.
- cerebro-
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- obnounce
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verb (used without object),
(in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
- croupier
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noun,
an attendant in a gambling casino who rakes in money or chips and pays winners at a gaming table.
- lecturer
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noun,
a person who lectures.
- eruption
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noun,
an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
- optionee
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noun,
a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
- opulence
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noun,
wealth, riches, or affluence.
- neutrino
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noun,
any of the massless or nearly massless electrically neutral leptons. There is a distinct kind of neutrino associated with each of the massive leptons.
- clubroot
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noun,
Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.
- poltroon
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noun,
a wretched coward; craven.
- punition
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noun,
punishment.
- portiere
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noun,
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- Berliner
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noun,
Emile, 1851–1929, U.S. inventor, born in Germany.
- tubercle
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noun,
a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
- recliner
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noun,
a person or thing that reclines.
- poultice
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noun,
a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- receptor
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noun,
Physiology. an end organ or a group of end organs of sensory or afferent neurons, specialized to be sensitive to stimulating agents, as touch or heat.
- troponin
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noun,
a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- Ternopol
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noun,
a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- tricolor
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noun,
a flag having three colors.
- prurient
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adjective,
having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- terrible
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adjective,
distressing; severe:
- protocol
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noun,
the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- replicon
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noun,
any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- Torrence
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noun,
(Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- rotenone
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 23 H 22 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- trueborn
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adjective,
genuinely or authentically so because of birth:
- unpolite
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adjective,
impolite.
- renounce
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noun,
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
- boltrope
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noun,
Nautical. a rope or the cordage sewn on the edges of a sail to strengthen it.
- republic
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noun,
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- reorient
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adjective,
Rare. rising anew.
- relucent
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adjective,
shining; bright.
- ulterior
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adjective,
being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
- unicolor
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adjective,
having only one color.
- poncelet
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noun,
Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
- reticule
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noun,
a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- unirenic
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- reunite
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verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- enounce
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- ennoble
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verb (used with object),
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt:
- ternion
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- reptile
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noun,
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- reprint
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- entero-
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- Elpenor
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
- Tiepolo
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noun,
Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- tiercel
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noun,
tercel.
- tipburn
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noun,
a disease of lettuce, potatoes, and other plants, characterized by browning of the tips and edges of the leaves, resulting from any of several environmental factors, as excessive heat and humidity.
- electr-
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- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- reticle
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noun,
a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- enteron
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noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- inbuilt
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adjective,
built-in (def 2).
- ripieno
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noun,
tutti (defs 3, 4).
- in-line
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adjective,
(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- retinue
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noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- inconel
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- incline
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noun,
an inclined surface; slope; slant.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Rubicon
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noun,
a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- toluene
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble, flammable liquid, C 7 H 8 , having a benzenelike odor, obtained chiefly from coal tar and petroleum: used as a solvent in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, TNT, and other organic compounds.
- terebic
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adjective,
of or derived from terebic acid.
- eucrite
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noun,
a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
- ruction
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- erector
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noun,
Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
- Tenniel
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noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- epicure
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noun,
a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
- epeiric
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adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- entopic
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adjective,
being or occurring in the usual place.
- elector
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noun,
a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
- current
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noun,
a flowing; flow, as of a river.
- eelpout
-
noun,
any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- copilot
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noun,
a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
- corrupt
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adjective,
guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
- correl.
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- coronet
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noun,
a small crown.
- coroner
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noun,
an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes.
- tunicle
-
noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- cornuto
-
noun,
a cuckold.
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- Corbeil
-
noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- turbine
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- cop-out
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noun,
an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion:
- Turenne
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noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- coterie
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noun,
a group of people who associate closely.
- coontie
-
noun,
either of two arrowroots, Zamia integrifolia or Z. floridana, of Florida, having a short trunk, pinnate leaves, and cones: Z. floridana is an endangered species.
- control
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noun,
the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
- contour
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noun,
the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
- unction
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noun,
an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
- connote
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verb (used with object),
to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
- coniine
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noun,
a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
- unicorn
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noun,
a mythical creature resembling a horse, with a single horn in the center of its forehead: often symbolic of chastity or purity.
- Colbert
-
noun,
Claudette (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) 1903–96, U.S. actress, born in France.
- coition
-
noun,
coitus.
- uterine
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adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- trunnel
-
noun,
treenail.
- Cotonou
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Benin.
- ecotone
-
noun,
the transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.
- tricorn
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noun,
Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
- tone-up
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noun,
an exercise for toning up one's body.
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- 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:
- cutline
-
noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- cuprite
-
noun,
a mineral, cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O, occurring in red crystals and brown to black granular masses: an ore of copper.
- Torreon
-
noun,
a city in N Mexico.
- culprit
-
noun,
a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault.
- crouton
-
noun,
a small piece of fried or toasted bread, sometimes seasoned, used as a garnish for soups, salads, and other dishes.
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- Crotone
-
noun,
a city in S Italy; ancient Greek colony.
- crinite
-
noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- couloir
-
noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- 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.
- trooper
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noun,
a horse-cavalry soldier.
- tropine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
- Courier
-
noun,
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
- Courbet
-
noun,
Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1819–77, French painter.
- couplet
-
noun,
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
- coupler
-
noun,
a person or thing that couples or links together.
- trouble
-
noun,
difficulty, annoyance, or harassment:
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- trouper
-
noun,
an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
- Coulter
-
noun,
colter.
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- inutile
-
adjective,
of no use or service.
- precool
-
verb (used with object),
to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- Perrine
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- perlite
-
noun,
a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- potence
-
noun,
potency.
- potline
-
noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- Poulenc
-
noun,
Francis [frahn-sees] /frɑ̃ˈsis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1963, French composer and pianist.
- pereion
-
noun,
(in a crustacean) the thorax.
- percent
-
noun,
Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- precent
-
verb (used with object),
to lead as a precentor in singing.
- penicil
-
noun,
a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.
- peloton
-
noun,
an ornamental glass made in Bohemia in the late 19th century, usually having a striated overlay of glass filaments in a different color.
- pebrine
-
noun,
an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- petiole
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- outline
-
noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outlier
-
noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- Orinoco
-
noun,
a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- prelect
-
verb (used without object),
to lecture or discourse publicly.
- orcinol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- preter-
-
- orbiter
-
noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- opulent
-
adjective,
characterized by or exhibiting opulence:
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- perturb
-
verb (used with object),
to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- Petrine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the apostle Peter or the Epistles bearing his name.
- Proctor
-
noun,
a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- Pioneer
-
noun,
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pointer
-
noun,
a person or thing that points.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- poietic
-
- Pontine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pons.
- pontoon
-
noun,
Military. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
- porcine
-
adjective,
of or relating to swine.
- pleuron
-
noun,
the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- pleuro-
-
- porcino
-
noun,
Usually, porcini. cep.
- Pitocin
-
- pinnule
-
noun,
Zoology.
a part or organ resembling a barb of a feather, a fin, or the like.
a finlet.
- petrol.
-
- pinitol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 14 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- porrect
-
adjective,
extending horizontally; projecting.
- pinbone
-
noun,
the hipbone, especially in a four-footed animal.
- Pierrot
-
noun,
a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- piculet
-
noun,
any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- picture
-
noun,
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.:
- portico
-
noun,
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- picrite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
- picotee
-
noun,
a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- portion
-
noun,
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:
- potboil
-
verb (used without object),
to create potboilers.
- procto-
-
- opinion
-
noun,
a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
- Ironton
-
noun,
a city in S Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- Liberec
-
noun,
a city in the NW Czech Republic.
- receipt
-
noun,
a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- neritic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- Neptune
-
noun,
any whelk of the genus Neptunea, especially N. decemcostata, common along the eastern coast of North America and having a shell with seven to ten raised reddish-brown spiral ridges on a pale beige or yellow background.
- recline
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to lean back on something; place in a recumbent position.
- Lucerne
-
noun,
alfalfa.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Lonnrot
-
noun,
Elias [e-lyahs] /ˈɛ lyɑs/ (Show IPA), 1802–84, Finnish scholar and editor.
- linocut
-
noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recount
-
noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- leucite
-
noun,
a whitish or grayish mineral, potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi 2 O 6 , found in alkali volcanic rocks.
- neutro-
-
- leucine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- recruit
-
noun,
a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- lenitic
-
adjective,
lentic.
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- politic
-
adjective,
shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic.
- lecture
-
noun,
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject:
- lection
-
noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lectern
-
noun,
a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- purloin
-
verb (used with object),
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- neutron
-
noun,
an elementary particle having no charge, mass slightly greater than that of a proton, and spin of ½: a constituent of the nuclei of all atoms except those of hydrogen. Symbol: n.
- opercle
-
noun,
an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- nucleo-
-
- procure
-
verb (used with object),
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
- one-one
-
adjective,
one-to-one (def 1).
- oneiric
-
adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- octuple
-
noun,
Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
- October
-
noun,
the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Oct.
- proline
-
noun,
an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- pronoun
-
noun,
any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- Oberlin
-
noun,
Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- protein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- nucleon
-
noun,
a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- n-tuple
-
noun,
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- Nicolet
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- nourice
-
noun,
a nurse.
- Norbert
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nonuple
-
adjective,
having nine beats to the measure:
- nocturn
-
noun,
the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- noctule
-
noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- pterion
-
noun,
the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitinol
-
noun,
a paramagnetic alloy of nickel and titanium that, after heating and deformation, resumes its original shape when reheated.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- Nilotic
-
noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- puerile
-
adjective,
of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- outcrop
-
noun,
Geology.
a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- brucite
-
noun,
a mineral, magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 , occurring in tabular, foliated crystals: used in magnesia refractories.
- biotope
-
noun,
a portion of a habitat characterized by uniformity in climate and distribution of biotic and abiotic components, as a tidal pool or a forest canopy.
- borneol
-
noun,
a white, translucent, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble, solid terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, occurring in various isomeric forms, having a burning, mintlike taste, obtained from the trunk of a tree, Dryobalanops aromatica, or by the reduction of camphor: used in the form of its esters in the manufacture of synthetic camphor and in perfumery.
- cineole
-
noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- 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.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- clip-on
-
noun,
a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.
- botonee
-
adjective,
(of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil:
- bo-tree
-
noun,
the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha.
- cipolin
-
noun,
an impure variety of marble with alternate white and greenish zones and a layered structure.
- Clinton
-
noun,
De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
- botulin
-
noun,
the toxin formed by botulinus and causing botulism.
- Bernini
-
noun,
Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), or Gian [jahn] /dʒɑn/ (Show IPA), Lorenzo [luh-ren-zoh;; Italian law-ren-dzaw] /ləˈrɛn zoʊ;; Italian lɔˈrɛn dzɔ/ (Show IPA), 1598–1680, Italian sculptor, architect, and painter.
- bricole
-
noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- bicolor
-
noun,
a flag divided into two major areas of color.
- biotron
-
noun,
a controlled laboratory environment designed to provide uniform experimental conditions with the aim of producing uniform organisms for use in experiments.
- centile
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- boulter
-
noun,
a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- centner
-
noun,
(in several European countries) a unit of weight of 50 kilograms, equivalent to 110.2 pounds avoirdupois.
- bouncer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bounces.
- blooper
-
noun,
Informal. an embarrassing mistake, as one spoken over the radio or TV.
- citrine
-
noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- berline
-
noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- bourree
-
noun,
an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
- centro-
-
- Bernice
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.
- centri-
-
- burrito
-
noun,
a tortilla folded over a filling, as of ground beef, grated cheese, or refried beans.
- cinerin
-
noun,
either of two oily, liquid compounds, C 20 H 28 O 3 or C 21 H 28 O 5 , used as insecticides.
- bon-ton
-
noun,
good or elegant form or style.
- brucine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, bitter, slightly water-soluble, very poisonous alkaloid, C 23 H 26 N 2 O 4 , obtained from the nux vomica tree Strychnos nux-vomica, and from other species of the same genus, resembling but not as powerful as strychnine in its pharmacological action: used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol.
- bicorne
-
noun,
a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- broiler
-
noun,
any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- binocle
-
noun,
binocular (def 1).
- Brunner
-
noun,
Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1889–1966, Swiss Protestant theologian.
- cerebr-
-
- clootie
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Lobito
-
noun,
a seaport in W Angola.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- Robert
-
noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- neuro-
-
- repent
-
adjective,
creeping.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- ronion
-
noun,
ronyon.
- lineup
-
noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- Lieut.
-
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- neurol
-
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Brunel
-
noun,
Isambard Kingdom [iz-uh m-bahrd] /ˈɪz əmˌbɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1806–59, English civil engineer and naval architect.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Reuter
-
noun,
Paul Julius, Baron de, 1816–99, English founder of an international news agency, born in Germany.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- repine
-
verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- lupine
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- bicone
-
noun,
an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- Bicorn
-
noun,
bicorne.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- Lucite
-
- reopen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to open again.
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- report
-
noun,
an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.:
- lubric
-
adjective,
lubricous.
- repute
-
noun,
estimation in the view of others; reputation:
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- Renoir
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- retro-
-
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Reuben
-
noun,
the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.
- necro-
-
- looper
-
noun,
a person or thing that loops something or forms loops.
- Bienne
-
noun,
Lake of, a lake in NW Switzerland: traces of prehistoric lake dwellings. 16 sq. mi. (41 sq. km).
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- luteo-
-
- leuco-
-
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- inline
-
noun,
an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- inclip
-
verb (used with object),
to grasp or enclose.
- Benoni
-
noun,
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg: gold mines.
- incorr
-
- Butler
-
noun,
the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
- butene
-
noun,
butylene (def 1).
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Benton
-
noun,
Thomas Hart ("Old Bullion") 1782–1858, U.S. political leader.
- incept
-
verb (used with object),
to take in; ingest.
- Innuit
-
noun,
Inuit.
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- inpour
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pour in.
- inter.
-
- tercel
-
noun,
the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- intine
-
noun,
the inner coat of a spore, especially a pollen grain.
- icono-
-
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Eunice
-
noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- Europe
-
noun,
a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE. In British usage, Europe sometimes contrasts with England. About 4,017,000 sq. mi. (10,404,000 sq. km).
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Bennet
-
noun,
herb bennet.
- Iletin
-
- tierce
-
noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- 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.
- inborn
-
adjective,
naturally present at birth; innate.
- 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.
- Burner
-
noun,
a person or thing that burns.
- intro.
-
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- bunton
-
noun,
one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- LeBrun
-
noun,
Albert [al-ber] /alˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1871–1950, president of France 1932–40.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- burele
-
noun,
the netlike pattern of colored lines or dots forming the background design of certain postage stamps.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- rubric
-
noun,
a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
- bunion
-
noun,
inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
- runner
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
- router
-
noun,
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- rouble
-
noun,
ruble.
- lepto-
-
- runnel
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- inulin
-
noun,
a polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- tenrec
-
noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- ionone
-
noun,
a light-yellow to colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid that is either one or a mixture of two unsaturated ketones having the formula C 13 H 20 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- tenpin
-
noun,
(used with a singular verb) a form of bowling, played with ten wooden pins at which a ball is bowled to knock them down.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- Rupert
-
noun,
Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- teleo-
-
- ironer
-
noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- irrupt
-
verb (used without object),
to break or burst in suddenly.
- burier
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that buries.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Iturbi
-
noun,
José, 1895–1980, U.S. pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Spain.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- recoup
-
noun,
an act of recouping.
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- Porter
-
noun,
a person hired to carry burdens or baggage, as at a railroad station or a hotel.
- pencel
-
noun,
a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- pencil
-
noun,
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- boucle
-
noun,
yarn with loops producing a rough, nubby appearance on woven or knitted fabrics.
- Pennie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Penelope.
- 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.
- penult
-
noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- porion
-
noun,
the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pernio
-
noun,
chilblain.
- pernor
-
noun,
a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Perret
-
noun,
Auguste [oh-gyst] /oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1874–1954, French architect.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Perron
-
noun,
an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- Petrel
-
noun,
any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.
- Petrie
-
noun,
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders [flin-derz] /ˈflɪn dərz/ (Show IPA), 1853–1942, English Egyptologist and archaeologist.
- pelter
-
noun,
a person or thing that pelts.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- Borneo
-
noun,
an island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the British-protected sultanate of Brunei. 290,000 sq. mi. (750,000 sq. km).
- precut
-
adjective,
cut to a specific shape or size before being assembled or used:
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- pricer
-
noun,
(especially in retail stores) an employee who establishes prices at which articles will be sold, or one who affixes price tags to merchandise.
- orpine
-
noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- pretor
-
noun,
praetor.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- bounce
-
noun,
a bound or rebound:
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- Preble
-
noun,
Edward, 1761–1807, U.S. naval officer.
- pouter
-
noun,
a person who pouts.
- pounce
-
noun,
the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- potion
-
noun,
a drink or draft, especially one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers:
- pecten
-
noun,
Zoology, Anatomy.
a comblike part or process.
a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
- pectin
-
noun,
a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- petro-
-
- bolero
-
noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pituri
-
noun,
a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- police
-
noun,
Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- Poitou
-
noun,
a region and former province in W France.
- bonito
-
noun,
any mackerellike fish of the genus Sarda, as S. sarda, of the Atlantic Ocean.
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Bonnet
-
noun,
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- poetic
-
noun,
poetics.
- pleio-
-
- pleur-
-
- Bontoc
-
noun,
Bontok.
- Bonnie
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.
- pluton
-
noun,
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- polit.
-
- picro-
-
- piloti
-
noun,
a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- Pictor
-
noun,
the Painter, a southern constellation between Dorado and Carina.
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- Pontic
-
noun,
an artificial tooth in a bridge.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- Pierre
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Dakota, in the central part, on the Missouri River.
- Bolton
-
noun,
a borough in Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- pinner
-
noun,
a person or thing that pins.
- Bootle
-
noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- bootie
-
noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- pinene
-
noun,
a liquid terpene, C 10 H 16 , the principal constituent of oil of turpentine, found in other essential oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of camphor.
- Pinero
-
noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinion
-
noun,
Machinery.
a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- bootee
-
noun,
Also, bootie. a baby's socklike shoe, usually knitted or crocheted, and calf-length or shorter.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orebro
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- no-one
-
pronoun,
no person; not anyone; nobody:
- recipe
-
noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- bionic
-
adjective,
utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body:
- recept
-
noun,
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- Recent
-
noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- biopic
-
noun,
a biographical movie or TV show.
- rebote
-
noun,
the rear wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare frontis.
- nocent
-
adjective,
harmful; injurious.
- reborn
-
adjective,
having undergone rebirth.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- 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.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- Norton
-
noun,
Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- nocti-
-
- recite
-
verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- put-on
-
noun,
an act or instance of putting someone on.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- Nicene
-
adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Rector
-
noun,
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- recti-
-
- Bierce
-
noun,
Ambrose (Gwinnett) [gwi-net] /gwɪˈnɛt/ (Show IPA), 1842–1914? U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- niobic
-
adjective,
of or relating to niobium; columbic.
- eroto-
-
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- nitro-
-
- bronco
-
noun,
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- notion
-
noun,
a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
- purree
-
noun,
Indian yellow (defs 1, 2a).
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- oilcup
-
noun,
a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- Proton
-
noun,
a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- proto-
-
- protei
-
noun,
plural of proteus (def 3).
- pronto
-
adverb,
promptly; quickly.
- one-up
-
adverb,
Printing. with only one reproduction of a form per sheet or on a given sheet:
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- ptero-
-
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- opener
-
noun,
a person or thing that opens.
- probit
-
noun,
a normal equivalent deviate increased by five.
- operon
-
noun,
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- Oporto
-
noun,
a port in NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River.
- option
-
noun,
the power or right of choosing.
- boutel
-
noun,
boltel (def 1).
- Oenone
-
noun,
a nymph of Mount Ida who was the wife of Paris, but was deserted by him for Helen.
- oculo-
-
- biotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to life.
- punner
-
noun,
a person who puns; punster.
- purlin
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline compound, C 5 H 4 N 4 , from which is derived a group of compounds including uric acid, xanthine, and caffeine.
- nubile
-
adjective,
(of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- punnet
-
noun,
a small container or basket for strawberries or other fruit.
- nuncio
-
noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- nuncle
-
noun,
uncle.
- 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.
- octroi
-
noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- Oberon
-
noun,
(in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
- Pueblo
-
noun,
a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- Public
-
noun,
the people constituting a community, state, or nation.
- Breuer
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1842–1925, Austrian neurologist: pioneer in psychoanalytic techniques.
- ocelot
-
noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- pteron
-
noun,
(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- contr.
-
- couple
-
noun,
two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- clino-
-
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- turnip
-
noun,
the thick, fleshy, edible root of either of two plants of the mustard family, the white-fleshed Brassica rapa rapifera or the yellow-fleshed rutabaga.
- cooler
-
noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- coolie
-
noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- cooner
-
noun,
coon dog.
- Center
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- coulee
-
noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- Cooper
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- cirro-
-
- unbelt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the belt from.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- turbo-
-
- turco-
-
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- enrobe
-
verb (used with object),
to dress; attire:
- Connor
-
noun,
Ralph (Charles William Gordon) 1860–1937, Canadian novelist and clergyman.
- celto-
-
- contin
-
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- Conroe
-
noun,
a town in E Texas.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- celure
-
noun,
an ornamented canopy, as for a bed or dais.
- cupro-
-
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- coupon
-
noun,
a portion of a certificate, ticket, label, advertisement, or the like, set off from the main body by dotted lines or the like to emphasize its separability, entitling the holder to something, as a gift or discount, or for use as an order blank, a contest entry form, etc.
- curler
-
noun,
a person or thing that curls.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- cunner
-
noun,
a small wrasse, Tautogolabrus adspersus, common in North Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- toupee
-
noun,
a man's wig.
- copro-
-
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- copter
-
noun,
helicopter.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- uncool
-
adjective,
not self-assured or relaxed:
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- copier
-
noun,
a person or thing that copies; copyist.
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- Corbin
-
noun,
Margaret (Cochran) 1751–1800, American Revolutionary military heroine.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- tribo-
-
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- Corner
-
noun,
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- Toulon
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- Centre
-
noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- elect.
-
- unpile
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- unbent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of unbend.
- centi-
-
- Cooter
-
noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- centr-
-
- unbolt
-
verb (used with object),
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
- cootie
-
noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- Currie
-
noun,
East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- torpor
-
noun,
sluggish inactivity or inertia.
- Curtin
-
noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- unborn
-
adjective,
not yet born; yet to come; future:
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- Corrie
-
noun,
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain.
- enroot
-
verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- encore
-
noun,
a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
- enter-
-
- ureter
-
noun,
a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder or cloaca.
- colour
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- tropo-
-
- crenel
-
noun,
any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
- Creole
-
noun,
a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- colent
-
- Tooele
-
noun,
a town in NW Utah.
- troupe
-
noun,
a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
- uproot
-
verb (used with object),
to pull out by or as if by the roots:
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- cteno-
-
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- uptorn
-
verb,
past participle of uptear.
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- crepon
-
noun,
a heavyweight crepe fabric.
- coeno-
-
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- cobnut
-
noun,
the nut of certain cultivated varieties of hazel, Corylus avellana grandis.
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- urino-
-
- Croton
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical plants constituting the genus Croton, of the spurge family, several species of which, as C. tiglium, have important medicinal properties.
- utero-
-
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- Cronin
-
noun,
A(rchibald) J(oseph) 1896–1981, Scottish novelist and physician in the U.S.
- tropic
-
noun,
Geography.
either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone.
the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Colton
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- tunnel
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- entice
-
verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- Tupelo
-
noun,
any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- unroot
-
verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- nitr-
-
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- Brit.
-
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- OIcel
-
- corp.
-
- corpn
-
- ocul-
-
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- corr.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crier
-
noun,
a person who cries.
- Corpl
-
- 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.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- Ninib
-
noun,
Ninurta.
- onion
-
noun,
a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- rect.
-
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- cert.
-
- Prot.
-
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- onco-
-
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- recpt
-
- Norco
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- UNCIO
-
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tulip
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Tulipa, of the lily family, cultivated in many varieties, and having lance-shaped leaves and large, showy, usually erect, cup-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- oleo-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- octo-
-
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Cirri
-
noun,
a plural of cirrus.
- ulent
-
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- puree
-
noun,
a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Recit
-
- biol.
-
- nuci-
-
- rebec
-
noun,
a Renaissance fiddle with a pear-shaped body tapering into a neck that ends in a sickle-shaped or scroll-shaped pegbox.
- noto-
-
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- NoibN
-
- recip
-
- coupe
-
noun,
Also, coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.
- Creel
-
noun,
a wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used especially by anglers for carrying fish.
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- rcpt.
-
- cine-
-
- Punic
-
noun,
the language of ancient Carthage, a form of late Phoenician.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- OBrit
-
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- rebop
-
noun,
bop1 .
- 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.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- pubic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the pubes or the pubis.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- crept
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- publ.
-
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- obiit
-
- biont
-
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- bronc
-
noun,
bronco:
- noct-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- no-no
-
noun,
anything that is forbidden or not advisable, as because of being improper or unsafe:
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- clept
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- picot
-
noun,
one of a number of ornamental loops in embroidery, or along the edge of lace, ribbon, etc.
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- picul
-
noun,
(in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg).
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Poole
-
noun,
a port in Dorset, in S England.
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Colon
-
noun,
the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes; or to separate groups of numbers referring to different things, as hours from minutes in 5:30; or the members of a ratio or proportion, as in 1 : 2 = 3 : 6.
- Colo.
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Ponce
-
noun,
a pimp.
- bonce
-
noun,
head; skull.
- pico-
-
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Conon
-
noun,
died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Perle
-
noun,
a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- boron
-
noun,
a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds. Symbol: B; atomic weight: 10.811; atomic number: 5.
- cont.
-
- 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).
- boro-
-
- petri
-
- pert.
-
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- Peter
-
noun,
penis.
- Conn.
-
- poori
-
noun,
a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- petr-
-
- clipt
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- poilu
-
noun,
a French common soldier.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- plebe
-
noun,
Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- pleo-
-
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- poet.
-
- pocul
-
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plio-
-
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- ploce
-
noun,
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- polio
-
noun,
poliomyelitis.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Upton
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “upper town.”.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Pinon
-
noun,
Also, pinyon. Also called pinyon pine, nut pine. any of several pines of southwestern North America, as Pinus monophylla or P. edulis, bearing edible, nutlike seeds.
- 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.
- coele
-
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- coel-
-
- COBOL
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited for writing programs to process large files of data, using a vocabulary of common English words, phrases, and sentences.
- Poler
-
noun,
a person or thing that poles.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- Bonne
-
noun,
a maid-servant.
- Boone
-
noun,
Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- clepe
-
verb (used with object),
to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- oribi
-
noun,
a small tan-colored antelope, Ourebia ourebi , of south and east Africa, with spikelike horns.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- copr-
-
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Cerro
-
noun,
a hill or peak.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- Orlon
-
- orlop
-
noun,
the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- Unit.
-
- Orono
-
noun,
a town in S Maine.
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- copen
-
noun,
Also called copen blue. a medium blue color.
- corer
-
noun,
a person or thing that cores.
- onto-
-
- pron.
-
- Prole
-
noun,
a member of the proletariat.
- bleep
-
noun,
a brief, constant beeping sound, usually of a high pitch and generated by an electronic device.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- proc.
-
- probe
-
noun,
the act of probing.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- prob.
-
- optic
-
noun,
the eye.
- BPetE
-
- opto-
-
- Prior
-
noun,
Informal. a prior conviction.
- 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.
- coper
-
noun,
a horse dealer.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Port.
-
- 30-30
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- blurt
-
noun,
an abrupt utterance.
- Boece
-
noun,
Boethius.
- unpin
-
verb (used with object),
to remove pins from.
- Porto
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Oporto.
- Boule
-
noun,
Also called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- Boult
-
noun,
Sir Adrian Cedric, 1889–1983, English conductor.
- cooee
-
noun,
a prolonged, shrill, clear call or cry used as a signal by Australian Aborigines and adopted by the settlers in the country.
- pene-
-
- Penn.
-
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- conto
-
noun,
a money of account of Portugal and Cape Verde, equal to 1000 escudos.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- coop.
-
- co-op
-
noun,
a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
- Oruro
-
noun,
a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3660 meters) high.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- pret.
-
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- bloop
-
noun,
a clumsy mistake.
- unpen
-
verb (used with object),
to release from confinement.
- potoo
-
noun,
any of several nocturnal birds of the family Nyctibiidae, of Mexico and Central and South America, related to the goatsuckers.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- coopt
-
verb (used with object),
to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- Bluet
-
noun,
Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
- poult
-
noun,
a young fowl, as of the turkey, the pheasant, or a similar bird.
- Blunt
-
noun,
something blunt, as a small-game arrow, a short sewing needle, or a short, thick cigar.
- crit.
-
- 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.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- 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.
- ruble
-
noun,
a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.
- lect.
-
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- 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.
- rupee
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of India, Nepal, and Pakistan, equal to 100 paise. Abbreviation: R., Re.
- 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.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- ition
-
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- tele-
-
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- teno-
-
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- encl.
-
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- cent.
-
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Tenn.
-
- telo-
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- 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.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- plur.
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- licet
-
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- built
-
noun,
the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure:
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- bunco
-
noun,
bunko.
- Bunin
-
noun,
Ivan Alekseevich [ee-vahn uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /iˈvɑn ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1953, Russian poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1933.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- ecto-
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- leuc-
-
- leper
-
noun,
a person who has leprosy.
- econ.
-
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- ecol.
-
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- topo-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- tono-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- ileo-
-
- Bennu
-
noun,
Benu.
- epulo
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a member of a body of priests who performed sacred rites during sacrificial banquets in honor of the gods.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Icel.
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- toper
-
noun,
a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- Benin
-
noun,
Formerly Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Capital: Porto Novo.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erron
-
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- benne
-
noun,
Southern U.S., especially South Carolina, and Bahamian English. the sesame plant or its seeds.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- Euro-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- incl.
-
- intr.
-
- burro
-
noun,
a small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal in the southwestern U.S.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- Benue
-
noun,
a river in W Africa, flowing Wfrom Cameroon to the Niger River in Nigeria. 870 miles (1400 km).
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- topic
-
noun,
a subject of conversation or discussion:
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Tepic
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Nayarit, W central Mexico.
- recur
-
verb (used without object),
to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- incor
-
- ento-
-
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- terr.
-
- celeb
-
noun,
a celebrity.
- 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):
- inion
-
noun,
a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull.
- init.
-
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Ronco
-
noun,
any grunt of the genus Haemulon, especially H. parrai, the sailor's-choice, of West Indian waters.
- Pluto
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a name given to Hades, under which he is identified by the Romans with Orcus.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Truro
-
noun,
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- neur-
-
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tubi-
-
- croup
-
noun,
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- 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.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- cubit
-
noun,
an ancient linear unit based on the length of the forearm, from elbow to the tip of the middle finger, usually from 17 to 21 inches (43 to 53 cm).
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- Brule
-
noun,
(in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- reni-
-
- BCerE
-
- cruor
-
noun,
coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- trop-
-
- loper
-
noun,
a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- Brunn
-
noun,
German name of Brno.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Nebr.
-
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- ricer
-
noun,
an implement for ricing potatoes, squash, etc., by pressing them through small holes.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- loupe
-
noun,
any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- croon
-
noun,
the act or sound of crooning.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- crore
-
noun,
(in India) the sum of ten million, especially of rupees; one hundred lacs.
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- cupel
-
noun,
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
- 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.
- cero-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- troop
-
noun,
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- lipo-
-
- Bruce
-
noun,
Blanche Kelso, 1841–98, U.S. politician: first black to serve a full term as U.S. senator 1875–81.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- rept.
-
- repro
-
noun,
Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- repel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- neut.
-
- bicep
-
noun,
a biceps muscle, especially the one at the front of the upper arm.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- repot
-
verb (used with object),
to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- Repub
-
- 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.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Rep.
-
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- 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.
- beep
-
noun,
a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- poon
-
noun,
any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, that yield a light, hard wood used for masts, spars, etc.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- poor
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) poor persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Pool
-
noun,
a small body of standing water; pond.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- upon
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- tonn
-
- bin-
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- 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.
- poco
-
adverb,
somewhat; rather:
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- uro-
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Bonn
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, on the Rhine: seat of the government; former capital of West Germany.
- Pol.
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Polo
-
noun,
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
- 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.
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- top-
-
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- 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.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- rel.
-
- uret
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tion
-
- Bol.
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- uni-
-
- pub.
-
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- roup
-
noun,
any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.
- 1080
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- puce
-
noun,
a dark or brownish purple.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- rpt.
-
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- 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.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- 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.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- TRIB
-
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- tri-
-
- rit.
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Prut
-
noun,
a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldavia (Moldova) and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- pro-
-
- 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.
- BLit
-
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- repl
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- bet.
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- ten.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- purl
-
noun,
a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle.
Compare knit (def 11).
- purr
-
noun,
the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- repr
-
- 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.
- ter.
-
- tron
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- 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.
- pot.
-
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- prec
-
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- 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.
- ulto
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- pre-
-
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- pout
-
noun,
the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- pour
-
noun,
the act of pouring.
- Blue
-
noun,
the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- blur
-
noun,
a smudge or smear that obscures:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- prin
-
- clop
-
noun,
a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- NEbn
-
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- NCTE
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- Curr
-
verb (used without object),
to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- NEbE
-
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- curb
-
noun,
Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- Loup
-
noun,
a cloth mask, often of silk or velvet, that covers only half the face.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- ect-
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- lube
-
noun,
lubricant.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- not-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- noon
-
noun,
midday.
- 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.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- CERN
-
- crop
-
noun,
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- cur.
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- 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.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- cule
-
- NLRB
-
- INRI
-
- ctr.
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- loop
-
noun,
a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- EEOC
-
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Bur.
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- itol
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- Bunn
-
noun,
bun1 (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- CBEL
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eur.
-
- bul.
-
- but-
-
- int.
-
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- Burr
-
noun,
Also, buhr. a protruding, ragged edge raised on the surface of metal during drilling, shearing, punching, or engraving.
- BURP
-
noun,
a belch; eructation.
- intl
-
- 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.
- Burl
-
noun,
a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Inc.
-
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- ile-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ice.
-
- ible
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- epit
-
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- lit.
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- 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.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- LitB
-
- lip-
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Cebu
-
noun,
an island in the S central Philippines. 1703 sq. mi. (4411 sq. km).
- Lib.
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- btl.
-
- epi-
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- 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.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- enl.
-
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- NRPB
-
- cube
-
noun,
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- Col.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- pct.
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Con.
-
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Pen.
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- per.
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 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:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- Copt
-
noun,
a member of the Coptic Church.
- Cope
-
noun,
a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.
- oto-
-
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- out-
-
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- coon
-
noun,
raccoon.
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- bot.
-
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- 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.
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- 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.
- 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.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- club
-
noun,
a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
- boon
-
noun,
something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 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.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- PERL
-
- Peru
-
noun,
Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- Pet.
-
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- 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.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- pil-
-
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- Pict
-
noun,
a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century a.d. united with the Scots.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- bor.
-
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Cor.
-
- clip
-
noun,
the act of clipping.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- 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.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Ont.
-
- Oct.
-
- cit.
-
- Cort
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coup
-
noun,
a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- OPer
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- BPOE
-
- Ceto
-
- ole-
-
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- OPEC
-
noun,
an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.
- cir.
-
- OEEC
-
- clep
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- tlo
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- TNB
-
- tlr
-
- ETR
-
- TLC
-
- ct.
-
- CRT
-
- CPO
-
- bp.
-
- cte
-
- BCP
-
- 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.
- ERP
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- CPR
-
- ETO
-
- ERT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- Tu.
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- eu-
-
- IBN
-
- cr.
-
- UTC
-
- Co.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CBE
-
- CPU
-
- ine
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- in.
-
- CLU
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- CLR
-
- uti
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- cp.
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- CRP
-
- cl.
-
- Br.
-
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- ITU
-
- io-
-
- ib.
-
- tue
-
- 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.
- ILP
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- CNO
-
- CNN
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ILO
-
- CPL
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- CPI
-
- EEC
-
- Tro
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bl.
-
- eir
-
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- EEO
-
- COP
-
noun,
a police officer.
- unp
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- unc
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- en-
-
- cle
-
- UNO
-
- CLI
-
- BCE
-
- TPI
-
- TPN
-
- Tpr
-
- BCL
-
- tr.
-
- ec-
-
- Une
-
- EbN
-
- eo-
-
- CEO
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Clo
-
- ure
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EPT
-
- trp
-
- bec
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ur-
-
- be-
-
- CIP
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- Ep.
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- up-
-
- UCR
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Cub
-
noun,
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- EOE
-
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- UIT
-
- ene
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ult
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- cup
-
noun,
a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- UPI
-
- UPC
-
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- BEP
-
- pun
-
noun,
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- RCP
-
- NPR
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Npt
-
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NUL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ob.
-
- Oc.
-
- op.
-
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- OTC
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- PUC
-
- obl
-
- OCR
-
- OEO
-
- oic
-
- 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.
- OIr
-
- Re.
-
- RBC
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- IOC
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- 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:
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- BRT
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- RBI
-
- NNE
-
- NNP
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- NOC
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- NOP
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- OIt
-
- 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.
- ne-
-
- 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.
- PCB
-
- PCI
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Bn.
-
- POR
-
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- 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:
- 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.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- PIO
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pt.
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- pl.
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- PLC
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- pli
-
- POC
-
- POB
-
- PLO
-
- PTO
-
- prn
-
- BRE
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- ble
-
- oon
-
- OOT
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- BPE
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Pr.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- pc.
-
- PRC
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BIE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NbE
-
- NBC
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RPO
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lep
-
- LCI
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- PLR
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- bu.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ROP
-
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- LCT
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- IRO
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- ion
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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 = .
- ior
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- IOT
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- IOU
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- IPO
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- ipr
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- Ir.
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- IRC
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- IRL
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- ITC
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- LBO
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- ite
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- TEC
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noun,
detective.
- TBO
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- Tbi
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- ITO
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noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Lt.
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- lb.
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plural,
pound.
- ROI
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- bun
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noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- LOE
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noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- NUT
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noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NCO
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- Luo
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- lub
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- ltr
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- LPN
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- ret
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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.
- Lou
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noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- bi-
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- Lot
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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.
- LOP
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noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- loo
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noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- rib
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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.
- LON
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- BPI
-
- RNR
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- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- ROB
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noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- LOC
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- R.
-
- N.
-
- NL
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TC
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- RO
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- T1
-
- TB
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- ic
-
- i.
-
- t.
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- NB
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- NC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TP
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- NI
-
- Eb
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- NP
-
- IP
-
- EI
-
- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- CE
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ee
-
- CB
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LC
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- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RN
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- U.
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- UC
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- RU
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- UB
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- RI
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- ln
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- ol
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- RP
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PU
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- UL
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- RC
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- le
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- L.
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- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- UI
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- PB
-
- B-
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- TL
-
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LR
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- O.
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- TN
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- BC
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- L1
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- L2
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- BO
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- CU
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