Anagrams of ropemaking
Word ropemaking has
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- Permian
-
noun,
Geology. the Permian Period or System.
- gripman
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- Emporia
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noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- primage
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noun,
a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.
- epigram
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noun,
any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- manrope
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noun,
a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- Kampong
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noun,
a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.
- moniker
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noun,
a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- Agriope
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noun,
Eurydice.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- pirogen
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- parking
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that parks, especially a vehicle.
- gripmen
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noun,
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- garpike
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noun,
gar1 .
- pikeman
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noun,
a soldier armed with a pike.
- rampion
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noun,
a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- meropia
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noun,
partial blindness.
- perigon
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noun,
an angle of 360°.
- rampike
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noun,
a dead tree, especially the bleached skeleton or splintered trunk of a tree killed by fire, lightning, or wind.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- marking
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noun,
a mark, or a number or pattern of marks:
- ramekin
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noun,
a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- Perkin
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noun,
Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Orange
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noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- ragmen
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noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- no-par
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adjective,
without par or face value:
- engram
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- onager
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Napier
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noun,
neper.
- kinema
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noun,
cinema.
- earing
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- pro-am
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noun,
any sporting event in which professionals play with amateurs.
- Kerman
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noun,
a city in SE Iran.
- kirpan
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noun,
a small dagger worn by orthodox Sikhs.
- Kirman
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noun,
a Persian rug marked by ornate flowing designs and light, muted colors.
- origan
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- impone
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verb (used with object),
to wager; stake.
- enigma
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- gamine
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- Pernik
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noun,
former name of Dimitrovo.
- pernio
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noun,
chilblain.
- Peoria
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noun,
a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- Pigeon
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noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.
Compare dove1 (def 1).
- German
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Geonim
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noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- Peking
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noun,
Older Spelling. Beijing.
- Pinero
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noun,
Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- grani-
-
- grano-
-
- Gainer
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Origen
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noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- paring
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that pares.
- panier
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noun,
pannier.
- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- impark
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verb (used with object),
to enclose or shut up, as in a park.
- imper.
-
- rapine
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- Ingmar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ingram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- inorg.
-
- orpine
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noun,
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- merkin
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noun,
false hair for the female pudenda.
- Korean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of South Korea or North Korea.
- maigre
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adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- monger
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- aeron.
-
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- amino-
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- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- magpie
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noun,
either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- Maikop
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noun,
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Krasnodar.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- margin
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noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- making
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that makes:
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- manger
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noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- Morike
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noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1804–75, German poet.
- mirage
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- anemo-
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- Morgan
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noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- mikron
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noun,
micron.
- reagin
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Morgen
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Angkor
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noun,
a vast assemblage of ruins of the Khmer empire, near the modern city of Siem Reap in NW Cambodia: many elaborately carved and decorated temples, stone statues, gateways, and towers.
- Mekong
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noun,
a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2600 miles (4200 km) long.
- angio-
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- agron.
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- 30-30
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- meno-
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- Gorki
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noun,
Also, Gorky. Maxim [mak-sim;; Russian muh-ksyeem] /ˈmæk sɪm;; Russian mʌˈksyim/ (Show IPA), (Aleksey Maksimovich Pyeshkov) 1868–1936, Russian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist.
- Perak
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 7980 sq. mi. (20,668 sq. km). Capital: Ipoh.
- peri-
-
- groin
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- gnome
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noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- gopak
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noun,
a folk dance of the Ukraine.
- groma
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noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Mario
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noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Marge
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noun,
margin; edge.
- marg.
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- GROPE
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noun,
an act or instance of groping.
- Minor
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noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Goren
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noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- pari-
-
- paren
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plural noun,
parentheses:
- groan
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Pekin
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- goner
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- grape
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noun,
the edible, pulpy, smooth-skinned berry or fruit that grows in clusters on vines of the genus Vitis, and from which wine is made.
- Maori
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noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Miner
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- gramp
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noun,
grandfather.
- mega-
-
- Penki
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noun,
Benxi.
- Megan
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noun,
a female given name.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Peano
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- minke
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noun,
a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- Gomer
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noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Marne
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noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- pengo
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noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.
- pekan
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noun,
the fisher, Martes pennanti.
- gripe
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noun,
the act of gripping, grasping, or clutching.
- Marie
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noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- grime
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noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- pager
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noun,
something, as a book or brochure, having a specified number of pages (usually used in combination):
- Pamir
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noun,
the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- Karen
-
noun,
a group of people of eastern and southern Burma (Myanmar).
- okapi
-
noun,
an African mammal, Okapia johnstoni, closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.
- oaken
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adjective,
made of oak:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- krona
-
noun,
a silver and cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Sweden, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- kiang
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- Krieg
-
noun,
war1 .
- Kioga
-
noun,
Lake. Kyoga, Lake.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- Konia
-
noun,
Konya.
- Koran
-
noun,
the sacred text of Islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of God, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics.
- Korea
-
noun,
a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea.
Compare Korean War.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omni-
-
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Maker
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- impar
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adjective,
unpaired; azygous.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- Paige
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noun,
Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- pagne
-
noun,
a garment worn by some African peoples, consisting of a rectangular strip of cloth fashioned into a loincloth or wrapped on the body so as to form a short skirt.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- orig.
-
- Oreg.
-
- Orang
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noun,
orangutan.
- Iran.
-
- opine
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verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- opera
-
noun,
an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- 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.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- gram.
-
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Prog.
-
- areo-
-
- Ramon
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noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- argon
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arkie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- Armen
-
- prong
-
noun,
one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- prone
-
noun,
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.
- pron.
-
- Prome
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noun,
a city in central Burma, on the Irrawaddy River: location of several noted pagodas.
- prom.
-
- proem
-
noun,
an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- 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.
- eikon
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noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- prink
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- Primo
-
noun,
the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- prim.
-
- engr.
-
- Priam
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noun,
a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- prem.
-
- prank
-
noun,
a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- EPROM
-
noun,
a memory chip whose contents can be erased by a mechanism using ultraviolet light and reprogrammed for other purposes.
- prang
-
verb (used with object),
to collide with; bump into.
- apron
-
noun,
a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing:
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Erika
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Akron
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- Rieka
-
noun,
Rijeka.
- agro-
-
- Aiken
-
noun,
Conrad (Potter) 1889–1973, U.S. poet.
- reni-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Amer.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- anim.
-
- ergo-
-
- mero-
-
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- gipon
-
noun,
jupon.
- geom.
-
- pinko
-
noun,
a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- genip
-
noun,
Also, ginep. a genipap.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- Piman
-
noun,
any of various groupings of Uto-Aztecan languages, of varying degrees of inclusiveness, comprising Pima and its closest relatives.
- poker
-
noun,
a person or thing that pokes.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- ginep
-
noun,
genip.
- 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).
- gamo-
-
- prae-
-
- gaper
-
noun,
a person or thing that gapes.
- pingo
-
noun,
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- moki
-
noun,
Hopi (def 1).
- moke
-
noun,
Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mon.
-
- Pima
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- Pen.
-
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- 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.
- Rank
-
noun,
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- mRNA
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- pink
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Reg.
-
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- 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.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- PING
-
noun,
a pinging sound.
- Monk
-
noun,
(in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- mope
-
noun,
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- pika
-
noun,
any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- Mngr
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- Rom.
-
- min.
-
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Mike
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- romp
-
noun,
a lively or boisterous frolic.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- RONA
-
- 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.
- mink
-
noun,
a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
- 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.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Pike
-
noun,
any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- mirk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rep.
-
- repo
-
noun,
a repurchase agreement.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- 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.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- per.
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- opia
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- OPer
-
- Pang
-
noun,
a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing:
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- pro-
-
- proa
-
noun,
any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- par.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- poke
-
noun,
a thrust or push.
- poem
-
noun,
a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- okra
-
noun,
a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- prin
-
- Pan.
-
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- Pori
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- pram
-
noun,
perambulator.
- 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):
- pork
-
noun,
the flesh of hogs used as food.
- Paki
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pakistani, especially one who has emigrated to Britain.
- prao
-
noun,
proa.
- Page
-
noun,
one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- pre-
-
- pore
-
noun,
a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc.
- pome
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of the apple family, as an apple, pear, or quince, in which the edible flesh arises from the greatly swollen receptacle and not from the carpels.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- pong
-
noun,
an unpleasant smell; stink.
- pam.
-
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- prig
-
noun,
a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- pnea
-
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Piro
-
noun,
piroplasmosis.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- neo-
-
- NIRA
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- RAMP
-
noun,
a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- nark
-
noun,
British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.
- peag
-
noun,
wampum (def 1).
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Prag
-
noun,
German name of Prague.
- peak
-
noun,
the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Park
-
noun,
an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- pkg.
-
plural,
package.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- rake
-
noun,
an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- raki
-
noun,
a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 1080
-
- merk
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- Kean
-
noun,
Edmund, 1787–1833, English actor, especially known for performance of Shakespearean roles.
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emp.
-
- Kemi
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Eng.
-
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- epi-
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- karo
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- kaon
-
noun,
a meson with strangeness +1 and either positive or zero electric charge, or its antiparticle, with strangeness −1 and either negative or zero electric charge. Symbol: K.
- Kano
-
noun,
a city in N Nigeria.
- kang
-
noun,
(especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Kane
-
noun,
cain.
- Kemp
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a strong, brave warrior.
an athlete, especially a champion.
a professional fighter.
an impetuous or roguish young man.
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- kame
-
noun,
a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- knap
-
noun,
a crest or summit of a small hill.
- Apr.
-
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Ark.
-
- Arm.
-
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- King
-
noun,
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kina
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- kg-m
-
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Kain
-
noun,
cain.
- knop
-
noun,
a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- gink
-
noun,
a person; fellow.
- MEPA
-
- Imp.
-
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ign.
-
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- GNMA
-
- gro.
-
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- grip
-
noun,
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- inae
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- kago
-
noun,
(in Japan) a small basketwork palanquin strung from a pole each end of which rests on the shoulder of a bearer.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- 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.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- gamp
-
noun,
an umbrella.
- Ire.
-
- Irak
-
noun,
Iraq.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gape
-
noun,
a wide opening; gap; breach.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- geo-
-
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- gimp
-
noun,
a flat trimming of silk, wool, or other cord, sometimes stiffened with wire, for garments, curtains, etc.
- knar
-
noun,
a knot on a tree or in wood.
- gorp
-
noun,
a mixture of nuts, raisins, dried fruits, seeds, or the like eaten as a high-energy snack, as by hikers and climbers.
- apo-
-
- AIME
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Mark
-
noun,
a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise:
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Akin
-
adjective,
of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively):
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- Aire
-
- kran
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Iran.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- aer-
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- agr.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- mag.
-
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Man.
-
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- mako
-
noun,
a powerful mackerel shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- amok
-
noun,
(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
- Kona
-
noun,
a southwesterly winter wind in Hawaii, often strong and bringing rain.
- Meng
-
- men-
-
- Aoki
-
noun,
Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- Komi
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people of northeastern European Russia.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amp.
-
- A-OK
-
adjective, adverb,
Informal. OK; perfect:
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- ano-
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- koan
-
noun,
a nonsensical or paradoxical question to a student for which an answer is demanded, the stress of meditation on the question often being illuminating.
- ROP
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- 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.
- gap
-
noun,
a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach:
- PIO
-
- RPG
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- AGM
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- RPM
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- GNP
-
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- PGA
-
- ROI
-
- gip
-
noun,
Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- pig
-
noun,
a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 pounds (220 kg)
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- ae.
-
- pik
-
noun,
payment in kind.
- Am.
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- ROA
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- ROG
-
- ag-
-
- ap-
-
- RNA
-
- 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:
- POR
-
- pk.
-
plural,
pack.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- AME
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- EAM
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ANG
-
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- EKG
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- REA
-
- Eg.
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- aor
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- eir
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- GPO
-
noun,
the federal agency that prints and disseminates publications for other federal agencies. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- pmk
-
- POA
-
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- GOP
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- POM
-
noun,
pommy.
- gi.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ERP
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- PRA
-
- EMR
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- EPA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ep.
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ake
-
verb (used without object),
ache.
- en-
-
- ea.
-
- in.
-
- GPM
-
- ne-
-
- NGk
-
- km.
-
- kn.
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- KNP
-
- NEA
-
- Koa
-
noun,
a Hawaiian acacia, Acacia koa, of the legume family, characterized by spreading branches and gray bark.
- NIA
-
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- kop
-
noun,
a hill.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MRP
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- MRI
-
- Gr.
-
- NPR
-
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Ker
-
- NOP
-
- KIA
-
- Kim
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- KIP
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- nik
-
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- MRE
-
- NRA
-
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- mk.
-
- Mao
-
- MAP
-
noun,
a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation:
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIP
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- MNE
-
- MIE
-
- MEP
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- MGr
-
- MGk
-
- MNA
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MRA
-
- MOR
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MPG
-
- MPE
-
- MPA
-
- kr.
-
- Kra
-
noun,
Isthmus of, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Siam. 35 miles (56 km) wide.
- KRP
-
- Me.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOP
-
noun,
a bundle of coarse yarn, a sponge, or other absorbent material, fastened at the end of a stick or handle for washing floors, dishes, etc.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mo.
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- MOI
-
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- nr.
-
- RPO
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ing
-
- IGM
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- OPA
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- kg.
-
- PAK
-
noun,
pack; package.
- IRO
-
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- OPM
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ir.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ipr
-
- IPO
-
- IPM
-
- IPA
-
- PaG
-
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- prn
-
- Pr.
-
- Pa.
-
- PMG
-
- pm.
-
- Pg.
-
- ier
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- op.
-
- Peg
-
noun,
a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
- OAK
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- OAP
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OEM
-
- Keg
-
noun,
a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- Kea
-
noun,
a large, greenish New Zealand parrot, Nestor notabilis.
- gre
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- OIr
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- Kan
-
- ka-
-
- Oka
-
noun,
Also called old oka. a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Also called new oka. a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.
- io-
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Ia.
-
- Om.
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Kam
-
noun,
a Kam-Tai language spoken in southern China.
- MG
-
- MP
-
- Gk
-
- PO
-
noun,
a chamber pot.
- IG
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- GN
-
- RP
-
- MN
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- AO
-
- RO
-
- i.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- RI
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- G.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NM
-
- RN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- GM
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- OA
-
- OG
-
- KP
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- rg
-
- O.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- 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.
- AK
-
- IP
-
- N.
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NG
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- K.
-
- GP
-
- EI
-