Anagrams of Rumpelstiltskin
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- turnstiles
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noun,
a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- multiplies
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adverb,
in several or many ways; in a multiple manner; manifoldly.
- superminis
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noun,
the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- multiplier
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noun,
a person or thing that multiplies.
- tumplines
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noun,
a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- sprinkles
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noun,
the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- lutenists
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noun,
a person who plays the lute.
- splutters
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verb (used without object),
to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed:
- trilliums
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
- splinters
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- prelimits
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- printless
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adjective,
making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- turnstile
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noun,
a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- nullities
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noun,
the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
- turnspits
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noun,
a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- turnpikes
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noun,
a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- spirituel
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adjective,
showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- puerilism
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noun,
childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- spirillum
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noun,
any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- triplites
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noun,
a dark-brown, massive mineral, fluorophosphate of iron and manganese.
- Listerism
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noun,
an antiseptic method introduced by Joseph Lister, involving the spraying of the parts under operation with a carbolic acid solution.
- limitless
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adjective,
without limit; boundless:
- limekilns
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noun,
a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.
- sensillum
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noun,
Zoology. a simple sense organ usually consisting of one or a few cells at the peripheral end of a sensory nerve fiber.
- nutrilite
-
- Petrinism
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noun,
the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- ill-kempt
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adjective,
unkempt.
- ill-spent
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adjective,
misspent; wasted.
- misprints
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noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- supermini
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noun,
the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- intermits
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- multiplet
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noun,
a group of several related spectral lines, usually of nearly the same wavelengths.
- intitules
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verb (used with object),
to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.
- illumines
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verb (used with or without object),
to illuminate.
- milliners
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noun,
a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.
- strumpets
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noun,
a prostitute; harlot.
- spelunks
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verb (used without object),
to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- stinkers
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noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- instills
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verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- Terminus
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- spinules
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noun,
a small spine.
- spinster
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noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- klisters
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noun,
a sticky wax for use on skis, as for slopes where the snow is excessively wet.
- intermit
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- tillites
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noun,
a rock composed of consolidated till.
- slimline
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adjective,
slim in appearance.
- stipules
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noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- kremlins
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noun,
the Kremlin.
the executive branch of the government of Russia or of the Soviet Union, especially in regard to its foreign affairs.
the citadel of Moscow, including within its walls the chief offices of the Russian and, formerly, of the Soviet government.
- Sleipnir
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noun,
the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- impulses
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noun,
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
- skittles
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noun,
skittles, (used with a singular verb) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- spitters
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noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- skillets
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noun,
a frying pan.
- intrusts
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- sputniks
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites:
- spurtles
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noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- stumpers
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noun,
a person or thing that stumps.
- sputters
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noun,
the act or sound of sputtering.
- sumpters
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noun,
a packhorse or mule.
- splutter
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verb (used without object),
to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed:
- splitter
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noun,
a person or thing that splits.
- sternums
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- step-ins
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noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splenius
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noun,
a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- spittles
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noun,
saliva; spit.
- strumpet
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noun,
a prostitute; harlot.
- intitule
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verb (used with object),
to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- skitters
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verb (used with object),
to cause to skitter.
- sprinkle
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noun,
the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- skellums
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noun,
a rascal.
- mullites
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noun,
a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 13 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- mutinies
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noun,
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- milliers
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noun,
1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
- milliner
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noun,
a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.
- millines
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noun,
one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
- mill-run
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adjective,
coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted:
- millruns
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noun,
millrace.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- munsters
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noun,
muenster.
- multiple
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noun,
Mathematics. a number that contains another number an integral number of times without a remainder:
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- Mulliken
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noun,
Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- minsters
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- mulleins
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noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
- mistrust
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noun,
lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
- misspent
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adjective,
spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted:
- misspell
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verb (used with or without object),
to spell incorrectly.
- mislikes
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verb (used with object),
to dislike.
- misprint
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noun,
a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- misprise
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verb (used with object),
misprize.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- metritis
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noun,
inflammation of the uterus.
- lentisks
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noun,
mastic (def 1).
- psellism
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noun,
Pathology. stuttering; stammering.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- Semitist
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noun,
an authority on Semitic languages, literature, etc.
- limekiln
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noun,
a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- limpkins
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noun,
a large, loud-voiced, wading bird, Aramus guarauna, intermediate in size and character between the cranes and the rails, of the warmer regions of America.
- imprests
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noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- puttiers
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noun,
a person who putties, as a glazier.
- purities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.:
- punsters
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noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- litmuses
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noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- pristine
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adjective,
having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- metrists
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noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- primuses
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noun,
Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- primines
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noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- prelimit
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verb (used with object),
to limit within bounds beforehand:
- plunkers
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noun,
a person or thing that plunks.
- pliskies
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noun,
a mischievous trick; practical joke; prank.
- pitiless
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adjective,
feeling or showing no pity; merciless:
- pismires
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noun,
an ant.
- Lutenist
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noun,
a person who plays the lute.
- Pinkster
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noun,
Whitsuntide.
- pilsners
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noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- pietisms
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noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- imprints
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noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- misrules
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noun,
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
- imperils
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verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- trusties
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adjective,
able to be trusted or relied on; trustworthy; reliable.
- trumpets
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noun,
a showy pitcher plant, Sarracenia flava, of the southeastern U.S., having prominently veined, crimson-throated, yellow-green leaves and yellow flowers from 2 to 4 inches (5.1 to 10.2 cm) wide.
- elitists
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- illumine
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verb (used with or without object),
to illuminate.
- elitisms
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- Tiselius
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noun,
Arne [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–71, Swedish biochemist: Nobel prize 1948.
- tipsters
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noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- ellipsis
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noun,
Grammar.
the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down.
the omission of one or more items from a construction in order to avoid repeating the identical or equivalent items that are in a preceding or following construction, as the omission of been to Paris from the second clause of I've been to Paris, but they haven't.
- tritiums
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noun,
an isotope of hydrogen having an atomic weight of three.
- unmitres
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verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- tumpline
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noun,
a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- enspirit
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verb (used with object),
inspirit.
- Tlinkits
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noun,
Tlingit.
- entrusts
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- tintless
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adjective,
without tint or tints; colorless.
- triplite
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noun,
a dark-brown, massive mineral, fluorophosphate of iron and manganese.
- turnspit
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noun,
a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- Trillium
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
- unmiters
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- turnpike
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noun,
a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- linkups
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noun,
a contact or linkage established, as between military units or two spacecraft.
- rimples
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noun,
a wrinkle.
- lintels
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noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lineups
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noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- rumples
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noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- results
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- runless
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adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- putters
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noun,
puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- punster
-
noun,
a person who makes puns frequently.
- entrust
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- Prissie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- littles
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noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- puisnes
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noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- pullets
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noun,
a young hen, less than one year old.
- pull-in
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noun, adjective,
drive-in.
- Turkmen
-
noun,
the language of the Turkman people, a Turkic language spoken mostly east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan but also in parts of European Russia, Iran, and the Caucasus.
- Turkism
-
noun,
the culture, beliefs, principles, practices, etc., of the Turks.
- Lipetsk
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation, SSE of Moscow.
- punties
-
noun,
an iron rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass.
- purines
-
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.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- purisms
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noun,
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listels
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noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- purlins
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- limpets
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- puttier
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noun,
a person who putties, as a glazier.
- limpkin
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noun,
a large, loud-voiced, wading bird, Aramus guarauna, intermediate in size and character between the cranes and the rails, of the warmer regions of America.
- limiter
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- Russell
-
noun,
Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl, 1872–1970, English philosopher, mathematician, and author: Nobel Prize in literature 1950.
- Kremlin
-
noun,
the Kremlin.
the executive branch of the government of Russia or of the Soviet Union, especially in regard to its foreign affairs.
the citadel of Moscow, including within its walls the chief offices of the Russian and, formerly, of the Soviet government.
- skitter
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verb (used with object),
to cause to skitter.
- esprits
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noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- K-truss
-
noun,
a truss having in each panel two diagonals running from the ends of one post to the center of the adjacent post, the arrangement being symmetrical about the center of the truss.
- skittle
-
noun,
skittles, (used with a singular verb) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
- Kristin
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noun,
a female given name, form of Christine.
- sklents
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- missile
-
noun,
an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- trumpet
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noun,
Music.
any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other.
an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet.
a trumpeter.
- smitten
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verb,
a past participle of smite.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- klister
-
noun,
a sticky wax for use on skis, as for slopes where the snow is excessively wet.
- spelunk
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verb (used without object),
to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- tritium
-
noun,
an isotope of hydrogen having an atomic weight of three.
- kittles
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adjective,
ticklish; fidgety.
- spikers
-
noun,
a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- spinels
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- skillet
-
noun,
a frying pan.
- skellum
-
noun,
a rascal.
- limners
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Silures
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- rustles
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- limites
-
noun,
plural of limes.
- tuilles
-
noun,
a tasset.
- rutiles
-
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.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- impers.
-
- sillers
-
noun,
silver.
- sillies
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- similes
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- sistrum
-
noun,
an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- simpers
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- simples
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- sinkers
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- Lepsius
-
noun,
Karl Richard [kahrl rikh-ahrt] /kɑrl ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- lentisk
-
noun,
mastic (def 1).
- Sirenum
-
noun,
Mare, Mare Sirenum.
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- primsie
-
adjective,
prim1 (def 1).
- prelim.
-
- primine
-
noun,
the outer integument of an ovule.
- unpiles
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- unsteps
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Munster
-
noun,
muenster.
- milreis
-
noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- murines
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- millrun
-
noun,
millrace.
- unrests
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- milline
-
noun,
one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- millier
-
noun,
1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
- muslins
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- millets
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- Millers
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- musters
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- musties
-
noun,
(formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
- milkers
-
noun,
a person or thing that milks.
- mutters
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- elitist
-
noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- mullite
-
noun,
a rare clay mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 6 Si 2 O 13 , produced artificially during various melting and firing processes: used as a refractory.
- Miletus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Apollo and Aria, and the founder of the city of Miletus.
- misuser
-
noun,
abuse of a right; unlawful use of an office, franchise, benefit, etc.
- misrule
-
noun,
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
- utensil
-
noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- uptimes
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- mislike
-
verb (used with object),
to dislike.
- uptilts
-
verb (used with object),
to tilt up.
- misstep
-
noun,
a wrong step.
- Misenus
-
noun,
a son of Aeolus who challenged the gods to a musical contest and was killed by them for his arrogance.
- misters
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- minutes
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- uplinks
-
noun,
a transmission path for transmitting data or other signals from an earth station to a communications satellite or an airborne platform.
- minuses
-
noun,
minus sign.
- mueslis
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- minuets
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- mullein
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
- uprises
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- mullers
-
noun,
an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
- mullets
-
noun,
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
- unmitre
-
verb (used with object),
unmiter.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- priests
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- tuskers
-
noun,
an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.
- lutists
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- luteins
-
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.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pismire
-
noun,
an ant.
- lustres
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- lusters
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- pitiers
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- lupines
-
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.
- lunkers
-
noun,
something unusually large for its kind.
- pinites
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- plenums
-
noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- lumpers
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- lumpens
-
noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- plunker
-
noun,
a person or thing that plunks.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- spinets
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- prelims
-
noun,
preliminary.
- ulsters
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- pinetum
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- pensils
-
noun,
pencel.
- unmiter
-
verb (used with object),
to deprive of a miter; depose from the rank of a bishop.
- 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)
- unkempt
-
adjective,
not combed:
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- nutlets
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- Empirin
-
- mess-up
-
noun,
a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.
- nutters
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- merlins
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- pilules
-
noun,
a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- penults
-
noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- Perkins
-
noun,
Frances, 1882–1965, U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
- merisis
-
noun,
growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- persist
-
verb (used without object),
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.:
- Persius
-
noun,
(Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- Pietism
-
noun,
a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- kismets
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- Silenus
-
noun,
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- kirtles
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- spriest
-
adjective,
a superlative of spry.
- stinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- sprites
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- intrust
-
verb (used with object),
entrust.
- Suttner
-
noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- sprints
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- illumes
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sunrise
-
noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- intuits
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- stipels
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- inspire
-
verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- killers
-
noun,
a person or thing that kills.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- sunkets
-
noun,
something, especially something to eat.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- stipule
-
noun,
one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- splints
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- tipster
-
noun,
a person who makes a business of furnishing tips, as for betting or speculation.
- inutile
-
adjective,
of no use or service.
- Inkster
-
noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- trinket
-
noun,
a small ornament, piece of jewelry, etc., usually of little value.
- stimuli
-
noun,
something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:
- sutlers
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- tiepins
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- spurtle
-
noun,
a stick used to stir porridge.
- Tlinkit
-
noun,
Tlingit.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- illust.
-
- sputter
-
noun,
the act or sound of sputtering.
- Sputnik
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites:
- superl.
-
- sternum
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the clavicles and the true ribs; breastbone.
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- insults
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- supines
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- stimies
-
noun,
stymie.
- Stikine
-
noun,
a river in NW British Columbia, Canada and SE Alaska, flowing W and SW to the Pacific Ocean: important route in 1890s Klondike gold rush. 335 miles (539 km) long.
- spunkie
-
noun,
a will-o'-the-wisp.
- intitle
-
verb (used with object),
entitle.
- surmise
-
noun,
a matter of conjecture.
- ill-use
-
noun,
Also, ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
- instils
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- instill
-
verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- suspire
-
verb (used with object),
to sigh; utter with long, sighing breaths.
- insteps
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Sumpter
-
noun,
a packhorse or mule.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- strikes
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- kirmess
-
noun,
kermis.
- tilt-up
-
adjective,
of or relating to a method of casting concrete walls on site in a horizontal position or preassembling wooden wall and partition frames, then tilting them up into their final position:
- illness
-
noun,
unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- tinkles
-
noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- impulse
-
noun,
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
- sulkies
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage for one person.
- strunts
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- triplet
-
noun,
one of three children or offspring born at the same birth.
- spirits
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- imprint
-
noun,
a mark made by pressure; a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.
- imperil
-
verb (used with object),
to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- kinesis
-
noun,
the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.
- trismus
-
noun,
a spasm of the jaw muscles that makes it difficult to open the mouth.
- imprest
-
noun,
an advance of money; loan.
- impress
-
noun,
the act of impressing.
- spinule
-
noun,
a small spine.
- implies
-
verb (used with object),
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated:
- stumper
-
noun,
a person or thing that stumps.
- Kirsten
-
noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- tinkers
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- impetus
-
noun,
a moving force; impulse; stimulus:
- spitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that spits.
- Interim
-
noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- illites
-
noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- sullies
-
noun,
Obsolete. a stain; soil.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- kilters
-
noun,
good condition; order:
- stripes
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- spittle
-
noun,
saliva; spit.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tillite
-
noun,
a rock composed of consolidated till.
- imputes
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- Perkin
-
noun,
Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- Sumner
-
noun,
Charles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- Pernik
-
noun,
former name of Dimitrovo.
- Superi
-
plural noun,
(in ancient Rome) the gods.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sunket
-
noun,
something, especially something to eat.
- permit
-
noun,
an authoritative or official certificate of permission; license:
- pitier
-
noun,
a person who pities.
- plisse
-
noun,
a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- tusker
-
noun,
an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- pistil
-
noun,
the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- sturts
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- penult
-
noun,
the next to the last syllable in a word.
- tussle
-
noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- Sumter
-
noun,
a city in central South Carolina.
- pleur-
-
- plinks
-
noun,
a plinking sound.
- pistes
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- pinite
-
noun,
a micaceous mineral, similar in composition to muscovite, formed by chemical alteration of various other minerals.
- sullen
-
adjective,
showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- pitmen
-
noun,
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pilule
-
noun,
a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- umpire
-
noun,
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- Pitris
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- pinkie
-
noun,
the little finger.
- pileus
-
noun,
Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- Piutes
-
noun,
Paiute.
- pities
-
noun,
sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy:
- pileum
-
noun,
the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- plenum
-
noun,
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- pikers
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- super-
-
- pituri
-
noun,
a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- tie-up
-
noun,
a temporary stoppage or slowing of business, traffic, telephone service, etc., as due to a strike, storm, or accident.
- uprise
-
noun,
an act of rising up.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- mullet
-
noun,
any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- uplink
-
noun,
a transmission path for transmitting data or other signals from an earth station to a communications satellite or an airborne platform.
- multi-
-
- upsets
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- tiepin
-
noun,
a straight pin, usually with an ornamented head and a small metal sheath for its point, for holding together the ends of a necktie or to pin them to a shirt front.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- unstep
-
verb (used with object),
to lift from its step, as a mast.
- munite
-
verb (used with object),
to fortify.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Muller
-
noun,
an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- unrips
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- misuse
-
noun,
wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- uptime
-
noun,
the time during which a machine or piece of equipment, as a computer, is operating or can be operated.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- uptilt
-
verb (used with object),
to tilt up.
- tinkle
-
noun,
a tinkling sound or tune.
- mulier
-
noun,
a woman or wife.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mitten
-
noun,
a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- muesli
-
noun,
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- unsell
-
verb (used with object),
to dissuade from a belief in the desirability, value, wisdom, or truth of something:
- Muriel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pekins
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- numis.
-
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- stupes
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- suslik
-
noun,
a common ground squirrel or spermophile, Spermophilus (Citellus) citellus, of Europe and Asia.
- unlike
-
noun,
a person or thing differing from another or others.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- mutter
-
noun,
the act or utterance of a person who mutters.
- unless
-
conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- nutlet
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- supine
-
noun,
(in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”.
- supers
-
noun,
Informal.
a superintendent, especially of an apartment house.
supermarket.
supernumerary.
supervisor.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- tip-in
-
noun,
tap-in.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- murine
-
noun,
a murine rodent.
- Tellus
-
noun,
an ancient Roman goddess of the earth, marriage, and fertility, identified with the Greek goddess Gaea.
- musket
-
noun,
a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
- muskie
-
noun,
muskellunge.
- unripe
-
adjective,
not ripe; immature; not fully developed:
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tempts
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- unpile
-
verb (used with object),
to disentangle or remove from a piled condition:
- muslin
-
noun,
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- telium
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- mussel
-
noun,
any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- Musset
-
noun,
(Louis Charles) Alfred de [lwee sharl al-fred duh] /lwi ʃarl alˈfrɛd də/ (Show IPA), 1810–57, French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
- suttle
-
adjective,
a frequent misspelling of subtle.
- muster
-
noun,
an assembling of troops or persons for formal inspection or other purposes.
- plumes
-
noun,
a feather.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- Turtle
-
noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sirius
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- sirups
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- siskin
-
noun,
any of several small, cardueline finches, especially Carduelis spinus, of Europe.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- sit-up
-
noun,
an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- skeins
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- skelps
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- skiers
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- skills
-
noun,
the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well:
- sprues
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- set-up
-
noun,
Surveying.
station (def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- spruit
-
noun,
(in southern Africa) a small stream.
- spruik
-
verb (used without object),
to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- silken
-
adjective,
made of silk.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- sprits
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- simper
-
noun,
a silly, self-conscious smile.
- simple
-
noun,
an ignorant, foolish, or gullible person.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- trumps
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- sinker
-
noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- trulls
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- skimps
-
adjective,
skimpy; scanty.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sperms
-
noun,
semen.
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- snells
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- spells
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- spelts
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Spirit
-
noun,
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- sperm-
-
- spiels
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- smites
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Spiers
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiker
-
noun,
a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- spikes
-
noun,
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- spiles
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spills
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spirts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- smirks
-
noun,
the facial expression of a person who smirks.
- skirls
-
noun,
the sound of a bagpipe.
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- skirts
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skites
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- splen-
-
- truism
-
noun,
a self-evident, obvious truth.
- sklent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- smiles
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- slimes
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- slinks
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- slipes
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slumps
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- slurps
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- smells
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- spites
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- septum
-
noun,
a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- plunks
-
noun,
act or sound of plunking.
- stirks
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- pullet
-
noun,
a young hen, less than one year old.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- streps
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- pulses
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- punker
-
noun,
a punk rock musician or a devotee of punk rock or punk styles.
- stirps
-
noun,
a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- punkie
-
noun,
any of the minute biting gnats of the family Ceratopogonidae.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- 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.
- stipes
-
noun,
Zoology. the second joint in a maxilla of crustaceans and insects.
- purism
-
noun,
strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- turkis
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Tunker
-
noun,
Dunker.
- stinks
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- puisne
-
noun,
an associate judge as distinguished from a chief justice.
- titmen
-
noun,
the runt of an animal litter, especially the smallest pig.
- primes
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- stumps
-
noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Turpin
-
noun,
Ben, 1874–1940, U.S. silent-film comedian.
- stumer
-
noun,
something bogus or fraudulent.
- prests
-
noun,
a loan.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- stulls
-
noun,
a timber prop.
- struts
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- 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.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- Primus
-
noun,
Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- strums
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- prinks
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- stript
-
noun,
a striptease.
- prunes
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- purlin
-
noun,
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purses
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- septi-
-
- spurns
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- tmesis
-
noun,
the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- spurts
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- 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.
- tulles
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- spunks
-
noun,
pluck; spirit; mettle.
- Ruskin
-
noun,
John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- rutins
-
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.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- tuille
-
noun,
a tasset.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- trusts
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- spumes
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- sensum
-
noun,
sense datum (def 1).
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rumple
-
noun,
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
- putter
-
noun,
puttering or ineffective action; dawdling.
- stimes
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- puttie
-
noun,
puttee.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- remiss
-
adjective,
negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- reskin
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- stilts
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- rumens
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- stills
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- rimple
-
noun,
a wrinkle.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- smelts
-
noun,
any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- lumper
-
noun,
a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- instr.
-
- lumine
-
verb (used with object),
to illumine.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- milieu
-
noun,
surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature:
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Insull
-
noun,
Samuel, 1859–1938, U.S. public utilities magnate, born in England.
- letups
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- lumpen
-
noun,
a lumpen individual or group.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- pluses
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- Kittie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.
- Lieut.
-
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Millie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Millicent or Mildred.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- impels
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- imper.
-
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- impure
-
adjective,
not pure; mixed with extraneous matter, especially of an inferior or contaminating nature:
- impute
-
verb (used with object),
to attribute or ascribe:
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- milli-
-
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- Millet
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- Milles
-
noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- Miller
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- inkles
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- likens
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- milker
-
noun,
a person or thing that milks.
- milit.
-
- intuit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Kipnis
-
noun,
Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1891–1978, Russian singer in the U.S.
- kilims
-
noun,
a pileless, tapestry-woven rug or other covering made in various parts of the Middle East, eastern Europe, and Turkestan.
- killer
-
noun,
a person or thing that kills.
- Kilmer
-
noun,
(Alfred) Joyce, 1886–1918, U.S. poet and journalist.
- merkin
-
noun,
false hair for the female pudenda.
- kilter
-
noun,
good condition; order:
- kiltie
-
noun,
a person who wears a kilt, especially a member of a regiment in which the kilt is worn as part of the dress uniform.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- kirtle
-
noun,
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- K-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- Kismet
-
noun,
fate; destiny.
- kisser
-
noun,
a person who kisses.
- Kleist
-
noun,
(Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von [bernt hahyn-rikh vil-helm fuh n] /bɛrnt ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
- kittel
-
noun,
a white robe used by Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, as a ceremonial garment for men and as a burial shroud for both sexes: worn during worship on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by a bridegroom during the wedding ceremony, and by the leader of the Seder on Passover.
- kitten
-
noun,
a young cat.
- kittle
-
adjective,
ticklish; fidgety.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- KERMIT
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- misrun
-
noun,
an incomplete casting, the metal of which has solidified prematurely.
- lemurs
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- lunker
-
noun,
something unusually large for its kind.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- 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.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- kermis
-
noun,
(in the Low Countries) a local, annual outdoor fair or festival.
- Kuprin
-
noun,
Alexander Ivanovich [al-ig-zan-der i-vah-nuh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1938, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- kumiss
-
noun,
fermented mare's or camel's milk, used as a beverage by Asian nomads.
- 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.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- messin
-
noun,
messan.
- Kempis
-
noun,
Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- knurls
-
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.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- lumens
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litmus
-
noun,
a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- minkes
-
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.
- linkup
-
noun,
a contact or linkage established, as between military units or two spacecraft.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- erupts
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- Epirus
-
noun,
an ancient district in NW Greece and S Albania.
- Minuit
-
noun,
Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- minuet
-
noun,
a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Little
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Iletin
-
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- minute
-
noun,
the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- illume
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate.
- illite
-
noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- lisles
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- linums
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- lineup
-
noun,
a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- limpet
-
noun,
any of various marine gastropods with a low conical shell open beneath, often browsing on rocks at the shoreline and adhering when disturbed.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- misers
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- slink
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- knurs
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- krill
-
noun,
any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae, eaten as food by certain whales.
- slims
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- resp.
-
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- skips
-
noun,
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
- skirl
-
noun,
the sound of a bagpipe.
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Linum
-
noun,
any of numerous plants of the genus Linum, including flax, L. usitatissimum, and various other species grown as ornamentals.
- Krems
-
noun,
a city in NE Austria, on the Danube.
- skits
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- skull
-
noun,
the bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face; the skeleton of the head.
- Krips
-
noun,
Josef [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Austrian orchestra conductor.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- Slump
-
noun,
an act or instance of slumping.
- putts
-
noun,
an act of putting.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- knell
-
noun,
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- puses
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- Kline
-
noun,
Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- Klimt
-
noun,
Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1862–1918, Austrian painter.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- Purse
-
noun,
a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- Klein
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), 1849–1925, German mathematician.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- Smuts
-
noun,
Jan Christiaan [Dutch yahn kris-tee-ahn] /Dutch yɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, South African statesman and general: prime minister 1919–24, 1939–48.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- smirk
-
noun,
the facial expression of a person who smirks.
- slunk
-
noun,
a prematurely born calf or other animal.
- rept.
-
- slurp
-
noun,
an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:
- knurl
-
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.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- reni-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Remus
-
noun,
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def 1).
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- knelt
-
noun,
the action or position of kneeling.
- Kurmi
-
noun,
a member of a major agricultural caste widespread in northern and central India.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- skimp
-
adjective,
skimpy; scanty.
- setup
-
noun,
organization; arrangement.
- likes
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- serum
-
noun,
the clear, pale-yellow liquid that separates from the clot in the coagulation of blood; blood serum.
- seti-
-
- rumps
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- liken
-
verb (used with object),
to represent as similar or like; compare:
- runes
-
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.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- Sikes
-
noun,
a small stream.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- silks
-
noun,
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- rumen
-
noun,
the first stomach of ruminating animals, lying next to the reticulum.
- likin
-
noun,
(formerly in China) a provincial duty imposed on articles of trade that are in transit.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- semis
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
- 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.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- seism
-
noun,
an earthquake.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- semi-
-
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sept.
-
- rusks
-
noun,
a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
- limps
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- septs
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a branch of a clan.
- letup
-
noun,
cessation; pause; relief.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Skill
-
noun,
the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well:
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- sirup
-
noun,
any of various thick, sweet liquids prepared for table use from molasses, glucose, etc., water, and often a flavoring agent.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- re-up
-
verb (used with or without object),
to reenlist.
- lemur
-
noun,
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, especially of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Skell
-
noun,
a homeless person who lives on the streets, sleeps in doorways or subways, etc.; derelict.
- skelp
-
noun,
a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.
- skeps
-
noun,
a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- skies
-
noun,
plural of sky.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Rilke
-
noun,
Rainer Maria [rahy-nuh r mah-ree-ah] /ˈraɪ nər mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1926, Austrian poet, born in Prague.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- sinks
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- simps
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- risks
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- simul
-
adverb,
(in prescriptions) together.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- links
-
noun,
golf course.
- Lepus
-
noun,
the Hare, a small southern constellation south of Orion.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- rimes
-
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).
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- Miss.
-
- spies
-
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tipis
-
noun,
tepee.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- illus
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- impel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- Ilium
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- ileum
-
noun,
Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- imit.
-
- impis
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- term.
-
- input
-
noun,
something that is put in.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Teut.
-
- inkle
-
noun,
a linen tape used for trimmings.
- init.
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tikis
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tempt
-
verb (used with object),
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- tusks
-
noun,
(in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- ulent
-
- emuls
-
- Unit.
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- unrip
-
verb (used with object),
to undo by ripping; cut or tear open; rip; take apart or detach.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Elkin
-
noun,
Stanley, 1930–1995, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Epis.
-
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- 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.
- upset
-
noun,
an upsetting or instance of being upset; overturn; overthrow.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- 30-30
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Epist
-
- 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.
- 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.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- trump
-
noun,
Cards.
any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- trunk
-
noun,
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- erupt
-
verb (used with object),
to release violently; burst forth with:
Synonyms: vent.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- turks
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tumps
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Tupis
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Turk.
-
- Turki
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- temps
-
noun,
part of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Spike
-
noun,
a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- spume
-
noun,
foam, froth, or scum.
- spunk
-
noun,
pluck; spirit; mettle.
- spurn
-
noun,
disdainful rejection.
- kepis
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- spurt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- kempt
-
adjective,
neatly or tidily kept:
- kemps
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a strong, brave warrior.
an athlete, especially a champion.
a professional fighter.
an impetuous or roguish young man.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- step-
-
- kelts
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- kelps
-
noun,
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- spues
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- sprue
-
noun,
Metallurgy.
an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold.
the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- Kirin
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Jilin.
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- spiks
-
noun,
spic.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- kists
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- spits
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kilts
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- kilns
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- kills
-
- kilim
-
noun,
a pileless, tapestry-woven rug or other covering made in various parts of the Middle East, eastern Europe, and Turkestan.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- tempi
-
noun,
a plural of tempo.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- sulks
-
noun,
a state or fit of sulking.
- Ipsus
-
noun,
an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- Sumer
-
noun,
an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.
- sumps
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- intr.
-
- supes
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Supt.
-
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- inst.
-
- insp.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- insep
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- temp.
-
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- stupe
-
noun,
two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- strum
-
noun,
the act of strumming.
- Islip
-
noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- stull
-
noun,
a timber prop.
- stump
-
noun,
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- stums
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- stunk
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- purls
-
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).
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- mutts
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- Prus.
-
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Minsk
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Byelorussia (Belarus), in the central part, on a tributary of the Berezina.
- Pres.
-
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- Mikes
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- prunt
-
noun,
a small mass of glass fused to the body of a glass piece.
- mukti
-
noun,
moksha.
- minke
-
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.
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- prune
-
noun,
a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- prem.
-
- Pekin
-
noun,
a silk fabric in which broad stripes of equal width and in various colors or weaves are alternated.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- MSEnt
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- Penki
-
noun,
Benxi.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- petri
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pinks
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Pinsk
-
noun,
a city in SW Byelorussia (Belarus), E of Brest.
- minus
-
noun,
minus sign.
- mulls
-
noun,
a soft, thin muslin.
- mini-
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- musts
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Milks
-
noun,
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
- Mures
-
noun,
a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- prim.
-
- nukes
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- murks
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- prink
-
verb (used with object),
to deck or dress for show.
- Pitri
-
noun,
the legendary progenitor of any family.
- prime
-
noun,
the most flourishing stage or state.
- Musil
-
noun,
Robert, 1880–1942, Austrian writer.
- prims
-
noun,
privet.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- musks
-
noun,
a substance secreted in a glandular sac under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, having a strong odor, and used in perfumery.
- nulls
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- metr-
-
- PRISM
-
noun,
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- prius
-
noun,
a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- pret.
-
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Nurmi
-
noun,
Paavo Johannes [pah-vaw yaw-hahn-nes] /ˈpɑ vɔ ˈyɔ hɑn nɛs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, Finnish athlete.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- nurls
-
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.
- mutes
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- Piute
-
noun,
Paiute.
- lurks
-
noun,
an underhand scheme; dodge.
- MPers
-
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- pikes
-
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.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- 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).
- punts
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- pert.
-
- Plume
-
noun,
a feather.
- piker
-
noun,
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- 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.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- MNurs
-
- neut.
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- pests
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Mists
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- lumps
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- mises
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- petti
-
noun,
petticoat (def 1).
- puris
-
noun,
poori.
- petr-
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- mirks
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- Petit
-
adjective,
small; petty; minor.
- plink
-
noun,
a plinking sound.
- Melun
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-et-Marne, in N France.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Purim
-
noun,
a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Adar in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews in Persia from destruction by Haman.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- punks
-
noun,
any prepared substance, usually in stick form, that will smolder and can be used to light fireworks, fuses, etc.
- Mlles
-
- pukes
-
noun,
vomit.
- pilus
-
noun,
a hair or hairlike structure.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- pilum
-
noun,
a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- pules
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- Perks
-
noun,
perquisite.
- plur.
-
- LittM
-
- Lumen
-
noun,
Optics. the unit of luminous flux, equal to the luminous flux emitted in a unit solid angle by a point source of one candle intensity. Abbreviation: lm.
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- peri-
-
- pulse
-
noun,
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- neur-
-
- neuks
-
noun,
nook.
- perms
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- plunk
-
noun,
act or sound of plunking.
- pulls
-
- merks
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- pulis
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- 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).
- Ire.
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- stum
-
noun,
unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
- intl
-
- sumi
-
noun,
black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Mike
-
noun,
Also, mic. Informal. microphone.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sump
-
noun,
a pit, well, or the like in which water or other liquid is collected.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- supe
-
noun,
a supernumerary.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- NIMS
-
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.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- mil.
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- sunk
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- sulk
-
noun,
a state or fit of sulking.
- met.
-
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- ket-
-
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- Kiel
-
noun,
the capital of Schleswig-Holstein in N Germany, at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- per.
-
- perk
-
noun,
perquisite.
- Kiln
-
noun,
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
- merk
-
noun,
mark2 (def 3).
- kilt
-
noun,
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- PERL
-
- Perm
-
noun,
permanent (def 4).
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- Pers
-
- menu
-
noun,
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare:
- KIPS
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- ment
-
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- 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.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- KISS
-
noun,
an act or instance of kissing.
- Pet.
-
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- 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.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- SPIM
-
noun,
a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- spue
-
noun,
something that is spewed; vomit.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- kelp
-
noun,
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
- isls
-
- isms
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISSN
-
- str.
-
- nuke
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- itis
-
- 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.
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Kelt
-
noun,
a salmon that has spawned.
- Pen.
-
- mess
-
noun,
a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
- Kemi
-
noun,
a seaport in W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- 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).
- Ste.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- kepi
-
noun,
a French military cap with a flat circular top and a nearly horizontal visor.
- SPUR
-
noun,
a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- kept
-
noun,
board and lodging; subsistence; support:
- mes-
-
- spun
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Tues
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- tuis
-
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.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tump
-
noun,
a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
- Tums
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- tsks
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Tupi
-
noun,
a member of any of several related Indian peoples living in the valleys of various Brazilian rivers, especially the Amazon.
- tups
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- epit
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- ESIS
-
- epi-
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Mull
-
noun,
a soft, thin muslin.
- tri-
-
- mule
-
noun,
the sterile offspring of a female horse and a male donkey, valued as a work animal, having strong muscles, a body shaped like a horse, and donkeylike long ears, small feet, and sure-footedness.
Compare hinny.
- Muir
-
noun,
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
- ile-
-
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- MSIE
-
- Eur.
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- trit
-
- MSTS
-
- est.
-
- MSPE
-
- esp.
-
- Mlle
-
- Ens.
-
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- mirk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- uret
-
- mis-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIS
-
- USPS
-
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- mkt.
-
- MIPS
-
- tusk
-
noun,
(in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- enl.
-
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ukes
-
noun,
ukulele.
- Ukr.
-
- umps
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- uni-
-
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- Emp.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- tnpk
-
- int.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- INRI
-
- ter.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- milk
-
noun,
an opaque white or bluish-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young.
- mutt
-
noun,
a dog, especially a mongrel.
- ins.
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- muts
-
noun,
mutt.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- mute
-
noun,
Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- 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.
- supr
-
- sups
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- sur-
-
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- neuk
-
noun,
nook.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Tiki
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) (in Polynesian mythology) the first man on earth.
- 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.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Muni
-
noun,
a municipal bond.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- mun.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- min.
-
- Tit.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- mult
-
- Ill.
-
- ilks
-
noun,
family, class, or kind:
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- mink
-
noun,
a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
- tipi
-
noun,
tepee.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- must
-
noun,
something necessary, vital, or required:
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- muss
-
noun,
a state of disorder or untidiness.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- musk
-
noun,
a substance secreted in a glandular sac under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, having a strong odor, and used in perfumery.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Muse
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy); identified by the Romans with the Camenae.
any goddess presiding over a particular art.
- mus.
-
- Imp.
-
- imps
-
noun,
a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- murk
-
noun,
darkness; gloom:
- MILR
-
- impi
-
noun,
(in South African history) a unit of Zulu warriors; regiment.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Mure
-
noun,
Obsolete. a wall.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Kemp
-
noun,
British Dialect.
a strong, brave warrior.
an athlete, especially a champion.
a professional fighter.
an impetuous or roguish young man.
- men-
-
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- like
-
noun,
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
- pre-
-
- Luke
-
noun,
an early Christian disciple and companion of Paul, a physician and probably a gentile: traditionally believed to be the author of the third Gospel and the Acts.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- Luik
-
noun,
Flemish name of Liège.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sepn
-
- Luks
-
noun,
George Benjamin, 1867–1933, U.S. painter.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Sem.
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- prin
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- limp
-
noun,
a lame movement or gait:
- Rusk
-
noun,
a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- silk
-
noun,
the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- skep
-
noun,
a round farm basket of wicker or wood.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- leks
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- pkt.
-
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- 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.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- PLSS
-
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- plum
-
noun,
the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sims
-
noun,
William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
- lump
-
noun,
a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- simp
-
noun,
a fool; simpleton.
- leuk
-
- plus
-
noun,
a plus quantity.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- Rus.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Lupe
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lip-
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- puli
-
noun,
one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- puls
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- Pune
-
noun,
a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.
- punk
-
noun,
any prepared substance, usually in stick form, that will smolder and can be used to light fireworks, fuses, etc.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- repl
-
- Rep.
-
- 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.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Punt
-
noun,
Football. a kick in which the ball is dropped and then kicked before it touches the ground.
Compare drop kick, place kick.
- rel.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- pure
-
adjective,
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter:
- 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.
- Puri
-
noun,
poori.
- 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.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- putt
-
noun,
an act of putting.
- puts
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- Puss
-
noun,
a cat.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- purs
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- pule
-
verb (used without object),
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- lin.
-
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- prs.
-
- 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.
- rums
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- rump
-
noun,
the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird.
- Rumi
-
noun,
Jalal ud-din [Persian jah-lahl ood-deen,, oo d-,, ja-] /Persian dʒɑˈlɑl udˈdin,, ʊd-,, dʒæ-/ (Show IPA), Jalal ud-din Rumi.
- 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.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rpt.
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Link
-
noun,
one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- 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.
- psst
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- pts.
-
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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).
- puir
-
adjective,
poor.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- puke
-
noun,
vomit.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Pitt
-
noun,
William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- 1080
-
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- skis
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- SMTP
-
- Kure
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- smut
-
noun,
a particle of soot; sooty matter.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- pili
-
noun,
a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Skip
-
noun,
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
- lurk
-
noun,
an underhand scheme; dodge.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- 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.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- slum
-
noun,
Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- pink
-
noun,
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- Knut
-
noun,
Canute.
- 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.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin 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.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- 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.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- 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.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- PIMS
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- knur
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Knt.
-
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- 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.
- pil-
-
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- Peul
-
noun,
Fulani.
- 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.
- Kurt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- kurn
-
noun,
kirn2 .
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- spik
-
noun,
spic.
- skim
-
noun,
an act or instance of skimming.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- 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.
- elk
-
noun,
Also called European elk. the moose, Alces alces.
- TSE
-
- MSE
-
- USP
-
- MSI
-
- ESL
-
- Esk
-
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- USR
-
- 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.
- MSN
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- MST
-
- ESR
-
- trp
-
- TSI
-
- TSS
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MRP
-
- USM
-
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- kil
-
- 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.
- TSP
-
- USN
-
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- TTS
-
- PSS
-
- put
-
noun,
a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Mt.
-
- MSL
-
- spt
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- uti
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- SLR
-
- SPS
-
- PSE
-
- tr.
-
- pus
-
noun,
a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- uts
-
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.
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPM
-
- tpk
-
- TPI
-
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- TNT
-
- rt.
-
- RSS
-
- pim
-
plural,
personal information manager.
- MTP
-
- MTI
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- ESU
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- mtn
-
- eu-
-
- RPM
-
- RSE
-
- ITU
-
- MTS
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- ier
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- il-
-
- 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:
- Rs.
-
- tum
-
verb (used with object),
to tease (wool) in the preliminary carding operation, or to open out the fibers prior to carding.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ERP
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- eir
-
- MEP
-
- Une
-
- UMT
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ump
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
umpire.
- EIS
-
- Ume
-
noun,
a river in N Sweden, flowing SE from the W border to the Gulf of Bothnia. Aabout 285 miles (460 km) long.
- ult
-
- EMU
-
noun,
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu (Dromaius) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
- KIP
-
noun,
the hide of a young or small beast.
- Ulm
-
noun,
a city in E Baden-Württemberg, in S Germany, on the Danube.
- 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.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- EMR
-
- Re.
-
- Uke
-
noun,
ukulele.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- uns
-
- RPS
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- up-
-
- UPI
-
- km.
-
- SNU
-
- UPS
-
noun,
an upward movement; ascent.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- unp
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kn.
-
- ur-
-
- UIT
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- tup
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a male sheep; ram.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- EPT
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- KNP
-
- MNE
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Usk
-
noun,
a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- MNS
-
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- MPE
-
- SPR
-
- MIT
-
- PTT
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- EPS
-
- stk
-
- USS
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ure
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- en-
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- mk.
-
- 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.
- MKS
-
- Pul
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Afghanistan, the 100th part of an afghani.
- pik
-
noun,
payment in kind.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- Kim
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- SMS
-
- Ep.
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ml.
-
- MIP
-
- SLP
-
- MIE
-
- RUM
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor or spirit distilled from molasses or some other fermented sugar-cane product.
- NUM
-
- Les
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- plu
-
noun,
plew.
- lep
-
- PLR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- 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.
- Sup
-
noun,
a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- IUS
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- ium
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- pli
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- IPM
-
- Kt.
-
- nik
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- NES
-
- ne-
-
- Skt
-
- PMT
-
- KRP
-
- pmk
-
- krs
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- ksi
-
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- STI
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- 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:
- mi.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Kur
-
noun,
(in Sumerian mythology) the world of the dead.
- Sus
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- Lt.
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Isl
-
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NMU
-
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- NPR
-
- IRS
-
- ISR
-
- Npt
-
- ist
-
- nr.
-
- NSU
-
- STP
-
- STM
-
- STL
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRL
-
- 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.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SUM
-
noun,
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition:
- pl.
-
- Ir.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Suk
-
noun,
(especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
- PKU
-
- ite
-
- piu
-
adverb,
more:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- pks
-
plural,
pack.
- Lek
-
noun,
a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- NUL
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- pk.
-
plural,
pack.
- SKU
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- pt.
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- 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.
- LSS
-
- ss.
-
- lpm
-
- prn
-
- ILS
-
- LSM
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- imu
-
noun,
a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.
- LIM
-
- MUP
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SRS
-
- SSE
-
- LSI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Tim
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noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Mur
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noun,
a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- Sr.
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- pm.
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- tin
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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.
- Ps.
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- LPN
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- Pr.
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- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- se-
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- Sp.
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- kr.
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- Ker
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- Me.
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- ILP
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- tlr
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- pis
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ilk
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noun,
family, class, or kind:
- Ken
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noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- PEI
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noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- tkt
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- SLE
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- St.
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- SST
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- tet
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noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- SSR
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- ltr
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- Tiu
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noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- SSN
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- SSI
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- run
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noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- LST
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- LTL
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- SSM
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- LLM
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- ink
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noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- mut
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noun,
mutt.
- LMT
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- rut
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noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ll.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- L2
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- L1
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- LM
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- R.
-
- NL
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- EI
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- NM
-
- M.
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- NU
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RU
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- MP
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- tk
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- TL
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- L.
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- TP
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- sk
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- N.
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- le
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- UK
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- U.
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- K2
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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).
- TT
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- t.
-
- T1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TM
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- MN
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- P.
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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.
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PU
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- NP
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- UI
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- SN
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- RN
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- SL
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- MU
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noun,
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet (M, μ).
- ln
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- SU
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- i.
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- RP
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- S.
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- SM
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- UL
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NI
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- IP
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- LR
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- KI
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noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- K.
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- KP
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- TN
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