Anagrams of ribonucleoprotein

Word ribonucleoprotein has 2115 anagrams that can be made by using the letters of ribonucleoprotein.

13 letter words you can make with ribonucleoprotein

nucleoprotein
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
adjective, not corruptible:
Pointe-Noire
noun, a seaport in the S Republic of Congo.
incorruption
noun, the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
neurotropic
adjective, having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue:
reconnoiter
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
verb (used with or without object), reconnoiter.
corruptible
adjective, that can or might be corrupted.
boutonniere
noun, a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
counterbore
noun, a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
intercooler
noun, any device for cooling a fluid between successive heating processes, especially for cooling a gas between successive compressions.
counter-ion
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
adjective, of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.
neuroleptic
noun, adjective, antipsychotic.
coleopteron
noun, a coleopterous insect; beetle.
one-to-one
adjective, Also, one-one. (of the relationship between two or more groups of things) corresponding element by element.
bournonite
noun, a sulfide of lead, antimony, and copper, PbCuSbS 3 , occurring in gray to black crystals or granular masses.
biocontrol
noun, biological control.
prolocutor
noun, a presiding officer of an assembly; chairperson.
preincline
verb (used with object), to dispose or prepare beforehand:
corruption
noun, the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
rencounter
noun, a hostile meeting; battle.
interloper
noun, a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others:
colporteur
noun, a person who travels to sell or publicize Bibles, religious tracts, etc.
reception
noun, the act of receiving or the state of being received.
libertine
noun, a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
politico-
irruption
noun, a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
repletion
noun, the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
recipient
noun, a person or thing that receives; receiver:
interlope
verb (used without object), to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
interline
adjective, involving or indicating a transfer of passengers or freight from one carrier to another during travel or shipment:
bilection
noun, bolection.
Politburo
noun, (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
receiptor
noun, a person who receipts.
bluepoint
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
noun, an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
bolection
noun, a raised molding, especially one having flat edges and a raised center, for framing a panel, doorway, fireplace, etc.
portioner
noun, a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
potboiler
noun, a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
poulterer
noun, a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
blueprint
noun, a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
pericline
noun, a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
punctilio
noun, a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
pourboire
noun, a gratuity; tip.
precentor
noun, a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
prenotion
noun, a preconception.
Princeton
noun, a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
obreption
noun, Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
pronounce
verb (used with object), to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
pronuclei
noun, either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
intercrop
noun, a crop plant growing between plants of a different crop.
rencontre
noun, rencounter.
inotropic
adjective, influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
crinoline
noun, a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.
elocution
noun, a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public:
tierceron
noun, (in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
centriole
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
noun, (in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
incurrent
adjective, carrying or relating to an inward current.
criterion
noun, a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
Tropeolin
noun, tropaeolin.
terpineol
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
adjective, large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
coprolite
noun, a stony mass consisting of fossilized fecal matter of animals.
cooperite
noun, a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.
colubrine
adjective, of or resembling a snake; snakelike.
unpolitic
adjective, impolitic.
coenobite
noun, cenobite.
encolpion
noun, a pectoral medallion bearing the image of Christ or the Virgin Mary, worn by bishops.
Cupertino
noun, a town in W California.
encounter
noun, a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:
incretion
noun, a substance, as a hormone, that is secreted internally.
incorrupt
adjective, not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
inception
noun, beginning; start; commencement.
routineer
noun, a person who follows or adheres to routine or a routine.
encrinite
noun, a fossil crinoid.
Perioeci
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
noun, a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
Couperin
noun, François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1668–1733, French composer.
Pecorino
noun, a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
counter-
penoncel
noun, pennoncel.
Interpol
noun, an official international agency that coordinates the police activities of more than 100 member nations: organized in 1923 with headquarters in Paris.
Cleburne
noun, a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
contrib.
perilune
noun, the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
continuo
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
adjective, surrounding the ear.
petrolic
adjective, of, relating to, or produced from petroleum.
continue
verb (used with object), to go on with or persist in:
petronel
noun, a firearm of large caliber, used from the 15th to the 17th century, that fired with its butt resting against the chest.
picoline
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
noun, kale (def 1).
pin-curl
noun, a dampened curl that is kept in place by a clip or hairpin.
plectron
noun, plectrum.
Pliocene
noun, the Pliocene Epoch or Series.
Pliotron
noun, any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
Interior
noun, the internal or inner part; inside.
Plutonic
adjective, noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
incenter
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
noun, a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.
bourtree
noun, European elder.
ceinture
noun, cincture (defs 1, 2).
cenobite
noun, a member of a religious order living in a convent or community.
line-out
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
noun, a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
neoteric
noun, a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.
built-in
noun, a built-in piece of furniture or appliance.
leporine
adjective, of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
electron
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
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-
neurotic
noun, a neurotic person.
election
noun, the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
11-point
nicotine
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-
nitrolic
adjective, of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
no-count
adjective, noun, no-account.
centuple
adjective, a hundred times as great; hundredfold.
nocturne
noun, a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
erection
noun, the act of erecting.
buntline
noun, one of the ropes attached to the foot of a square sail to haul it up to the yard for furling.
cerebro-
obnounce
verb (used without object), (in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
croupier
noun, an attendant in a gambling casino who rakes in money or chips and pays winners at a gaming table.
lecturer
noun, a person who lectures.
eruption
noun, an issuing forth suddenly and violently; outburst; outbreak.
optionee
noun, a person who acquires or holds a legal option.
opulence
noun, wealth, riches, or affluence.
neutrino
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
noun, Plant Pathology. a disease of cabbage and other cruciferous plants, characterized by enlarged, malformed roots, caused by a slime mold, Plasmodiophora brassicae.
poltroon
noun, a wretched coward; craven.
punition
noun, punishment.
portiere
noun, a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
Berliner
noun, Emile, 1851–1929, U.S. inventor, born in Germany.
tubercle
noun, a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
recliner
noun, a person or thing that reclines.
poultice
noun, a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
receptor
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
noun, a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.
triolein
noun, olein (def 1).
re-count
noun, a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
Ternopol
noun, a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
tricolor
noun, a flag having three colors.
prurient
adjective, having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
terrible
adjective, distressing; severe:
protocol
noun, the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
replicon
noun, any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
Torrence
noun, (Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
rotenone
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
adjective, genuinely or authentically so because of birth:
unpolite
adjective, impolite.
renounce
noun, Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
boltrope
noun, Nautical. a rope or the cordage sewn on the edges of a sail to strengthen it.
republic
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
adjective, Rare. rising anew.
relucent
adjective, shining; bright.
ulterior
adjective, being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
unicolor
adjective, having only one color.
poncelet
noun, Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
reticule
noun, a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
unirenic
reunite
verb (used with or without object), to unite again, as after separation.
enounce
verb (used with object), to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
ennoble
verb (used with object), to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt:
ternion
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
terrine
noun, a casserole dish made of pottery.
reptile
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
noun, a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
entero-
Elpenor
noun, (in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.
Tiepolo
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
noun, tercel.
tipburn
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-
enteric
noun, enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
reticle
noun, a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
enteron
noun, the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
inbuilt
adjective, built-in (def 2).
ripieno
noun, tutti (defs 3, 4).
in-line
adjective, (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
routine
noun, a customary or regular course of procedure.
retinue
noun, a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
inconel
incline
noun, an inclined surface; slope; slant.
retinol
noun, vitamin A.
Rubicon
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
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
adjective, of or derived from terebic acid.
eucrite
noun, a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.
ruction
noun, a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
erector
noun, Also, erecter. a person or thing that erects.
Tenniel
noun, Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
epicure
noun, a person who cultivates a refined taste, especially in food and wine; connoisseur.
epeiric
adjective, extending inland from a continental margin:
Reunion
noun, the act of uniting again.
entopic
adjective, being or occurring in the usual place.
elector
noun, a person who elects or may elect, especially a qualified voter.
current
noun, a flowing; flow, as of a river.
eelpout
noun, any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
copilot
noun, a pilot who is second in command of an aircraft.
corrupt
adjective, guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:
correl.
coronet
noun, a small crown.
coroner
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
adjective, cornuted.
Corbeil
noun, a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
turbine
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
noun, an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion:
Turenne
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
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
noun, the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command:
contour
noun, the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object.
unction
noun, an act of anointing, especially as a medical treatment or religious rite.
connote
verb (used with object), to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning:
coniine
noun, a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.
unicorn
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
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
noun, Also, tricorne. a hat with the brim turned up on three sides.
tone-up
noun, an exercise for toning up one's body.
ebonite
noun, vulcanite.
topline
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
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
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
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
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
ion
noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
ior
IOT
IOU
IPO
ipr
Ir.
IRC
IRL
ITC
LBO
ite
tee
noun, the letter T or t.
TEC
noun, detective.
TBO
Tbi
ITO
noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
rut
noun, a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
Lt.
lb.
plural, pound.
ROI
bun
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
noun, a bird of enormous size and strength.
LOE
noun, verb (used with or without object), love.
NUT
noun, a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
NCO
Luo
noun, a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
lub
ltr
LPN
ret
verb (used with object), to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
Lou
noun, a male given name, form of Louis.
bi-
Lot
noun, one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
LOP
noun, parts or a part lopped off.
loo
noun, a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
rib
noun, one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
LON
BPI
RNR
Lir
noun, Ler.
ROB
noun, a male given name, form of Robert.
rin
noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
LOC
R.
N.
NL
TE
noun, ti1 .
TC
LU
noun, a male or female given name, form of Lou.
RO
T1
TB
ic
i.
t.
PO
noun, a chamber pot.
PI
noun, the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
NB
NC
IT
noun, (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
TP
NI
Eb
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
NP
IP
EI
UT
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
PE
noun, the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
RN
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
LO
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
U.
UC
RU
UB
RI
ln
ol
RP
el
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
PU
UL
RC
le
NU
noun, the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
L.
OU
noun, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
UI
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
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
LP
plural, a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
LR
O.
TN
BC
L1
L2
BO
CU
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