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- planetoids
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noun,
an asteroid.
- deflations
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noun,
the act of deflating or the state of being deflated.
- pentaploid
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noun,
a pentaploid cell or organism.
- defoliants
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noun,
a preparation for defoliating plants.
- stone-deaf
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adjective,
totally deaf.
- seal-point
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noun,
a Siamese cat having a fawn-colored body and dark-brown points.
- defoliates
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adjective,
(of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
- open-field
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noun,
any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.
- petalodies
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noun,
a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- soft-pedal
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noun,
Also called una corda pedal. a pedal, as on a piano, for reducing tonal volume.
- fieldstone
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noun,
unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
- oppilates
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verb (used with object),
to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- penalties
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noun,
a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- diplotene
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noun,
a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- pieplants
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noun,
the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- deflation
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noun,
the act of deflating or the state of being deflated.
- standpipe
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noun,
a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- dispeople
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of people; depopulate.
- depilates
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verb (used with object),
to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- Palestine
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noun,
Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- peptidase
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noun,
any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptides or peptones to amino acids.
- pepsinate
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verb (used with object),
to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- panoplies
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noun,
a wide-ranging and impressive array or display:
- pantofles
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noun,
a slipper.
- appointee
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noun,
a person who is appointed.
- appointed
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adjective,
by, through, or as a result of an appointment (often in contrast with elected):
- planetoid
-
noun,
an asteroid.
- defoliant
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noun,
a preparation for defoliating plants.
- defoliate
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adjective,
(of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
- enfilades
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noun,
Military.
a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc.
the fire thus directed.
- Pipestone
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noun,
a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.
- antipoles
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- pintadoes
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- antipopes
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noun,
a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen.
- tone-deaf
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adjective,
unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- deletions
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- palinodes
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noun,
a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- fleapits
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noun,
a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- sodalite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- pantofle
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noun,
a slipper.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- spalpeen
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noun,
a lad or boy.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- flippant
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adjective,
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- Oedipean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- tadpoles
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noun,
the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- antelope
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noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
- antipode
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noun,
a direct or exact opposite.
- antipole
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noun,
the opposite pole.
- antipope
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noun,
a person who is elected or claims to be pope in opposition to another held to be canonically chosen.
- one-step
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noun,
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- open-pit
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a type of surface mining in which massive, usually metallic mineral deposits are removed by cutting benches in the walls of a broad, deep funnel-shaped excavation.
- oppidans
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noun,
a townsman.
- Flip-top
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noun,
(lowercase) pop-top (defs 2, 3).
- Appleton
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noun,
Sir Edward Victor, 1892–1965, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1947.
- appoints
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verb (used with object),
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
- oppilate
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verb (used with object),
to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- apposite
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adjective,
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt:
- foliated
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adjective,
shaped like a leaf or leaves:
- spoliate
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verb (used with or without object),
to plunder, rob, or ruin.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- palinode
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noun,
a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- floppies
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noun,
floppy disk.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- sleep-in
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noun,
a person who sleeps in at a place of employment.
- deflates
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verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- potlines
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- displant
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge.
- satinpod
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noun,
either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- saponite
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noun,
a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- pileated
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adjective,
crested.
- estoppel
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noun,
a bar or impediment preventing a party from asserting a fact or a claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took, either by conduct or words, especially where a representation has been relied or acted upon by others.
- pinfolds
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noun,
a pound for stray animals.
- epidotes
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noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- postpaid
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adjective, adverb,
with the postage prepaid:
- pieplant
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noun,
the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- pintados
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- popeline
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noun,
a fabric, resembling broadcloth, rep, or poplin and made with silk or rayon warp and wool filling, used in the manufacture of dress goods.
- polentas
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noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- enfilade
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noun,
Military.
a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc.
the fire thus directed.
- plafonds
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noun,
a ceiling, whether flat or arched, especially one of decorative character.
- plenties
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noun,
a full or abundant supply or amount:
- Pleiades
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noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- platino-
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- diplonts
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noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- pedestal
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noun,
an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- deplanes
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verb (used without object),
to disembark from an airplane.
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- slip-top
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noun,
the end of a slip stem on a spoon.
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- felonies
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noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- feedlots
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noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- depilate
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verb (used with object),
to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- pentodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- dioptase
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noun,
a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- desolate
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adjective,
barren or laid waste; devastated:
- fealties
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noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- diastole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- peptides
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noun,
a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- sepaloid
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adjective,
resembling a sepal.
- peptones
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noun,
any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
- petaline
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- petaloid
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adjective,
having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petioles
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noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- notepads
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noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- inflated
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adjective,
distended with air or gas; swollen.
- talipeds
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noun,
a taliped person or animal.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Leonidas
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noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- adoptees
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noun,
a person who is adopted.
- isolated
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- 11-point
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- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- lepidote
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adjective,
covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- lopseed
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noun,
a weedy plant, Phryma leptostachya, of Asia and North America, having spikes of whitish paired flowers.
- pepinos
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noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- poplins
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noun,
a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- poteens
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noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- Fiesole
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noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- defiant
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adjective,
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- patines
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noun,
patina.
- defiles
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noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- snippet
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noun,
a small piece snipped off; a small bit, scrap, or fragment:
- pintado
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noun,
cero (def 1).
- defines
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verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- potline
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noun,
a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- deflate
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verb (used with object),
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
- defeats
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noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- pintles
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noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- dapsone
-
noun,
an antibacterial substance, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 2 S, used to treat leprosy and certain forms of dermatitis.
- panties
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noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pantile
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- laptops
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noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- Tenedos
-
noun,
an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- tenfold
-
adverb,
in tenfold measure:
- pleiads
-
noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- dapples
-
noun,
a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
- piolets
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- fipples
-
noun,
a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows.
- pileate
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adjective,
having a pileus.
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- finspot
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noun,
any clinid fish of the genus Paraclinus, having an eyelike spot on the dorsal fin, as P. integripinnis, of California.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- side-on
-
adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- soliped
-
noun,
solidungulate.
- diplont
-
noun,
the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- pontils
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noun,
punty.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- deafens
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verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- dopants
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- epidote
-
noun,
a mineral, calcium aluminum iron silicate, Ca 2 (Al, Fe) 3 Si 3 O 12 (OH), occurring in green prismatic crystals.
- espanol
-
noun,
the Spanish language.
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- pentose
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noun,
a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- Penates
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plural noun,
gods who watched over the home or community to which they belonged: originally, two deities of the storeroom.
- pentode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- denotes
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Peneios
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- sandpit
-
noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- pensile
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adjective,
hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- linseed
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- Ladinos
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noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- feedlot
-
noun,
a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- deposit
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noun,
money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
- pentads
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- depaint
-
verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Lenapes
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noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- deplane
-
verb (used without object),
to disembark from an airplane.
- tipples
-
noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- leptons
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- epilate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove (hair) from by means of physical, chemical, or radiological agents; depilate.
- fleapit
-
noun,
a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.
- epinaos
-
noun,
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple.
- lippens
-
verb (used with object),
to trust (a person).
- pinoles
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- Delaine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- episode
-
noun,
an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- Delanos
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- delates
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Epistle
-
noun,
a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication.
- Epstein
-
noun,
Sir Jacob, 1880–1959, English sculptor, born in the U.S.
- peonies
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Paeonia, having large, showy flowers, as the widely cultivated species P. lactiflora: the state flower of Indiana.
- pinfold
-
noun,
a pound for stray animals.
- slip-on
-
noun,
something made this way, especially an article of clothing.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- pelites
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- despoil
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despite
-
noun,
contemptuous treatment; insult.
- pinesap
-
noun,
either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- Pelotas
-
noun,
a city in S Brazil.
- Epsilon
-
noun,
the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- fantods
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- daltons
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- apostil
-
noun,
a marginal annotation or note.
- nipples
-
noun,
a protuberance of the mamma or breast where, in the female, the milk ducts discharge; teat.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Seeland
-
noun,
Zealand.
- step-on
-
adjective,
made to open by the operation of a pedal, as a can for kitchen garbage.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Opaline
-
adjective,
of or like opal; opalescent.
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- petiole
-
noun,
Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- apostle
-
noun,
any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- topspin
-
noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate forward.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- opiates
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- fade-in
-
noun,
Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
- appends
-
verb (used with object),
to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin:
- oppidan
-
noun,
a townsman.
- Leonids
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- applied
-
adjective,
having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure):
- applies
-
verb (used with object),
to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent:
- appoint
-
verb (used with object),
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate:
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- infolds
-
verb (used with object),
enfold.
- polenta
-
noun,
(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- lappets
-
noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- notepad
-
noun,
a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Oedipal
-
adjective,
of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- taliped
-
noun,
a taliped person or animal.
- oilseed
-
noun,
any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
- tadpole
-
noun,
the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- stopple
-
noun,
a stopper, especially for a bottle.
- plastid
-
noun,
a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- elapids
-
noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- stipple
-
noun,
the method of painting, engraving, etc., by stippling.
- elepaio
-
noun,
a small brown-backed or gray-backed Hawaiian flycatcher, Chasiempis sandwichensis, having white wing bars, a white rump, and a blackish cocked tail.
- adoptee
-
noun,
a person who is adopted.
- stipend
-
noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- seleno-
-
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- pandies
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- Lepanto
-
noun,
Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- nappies
-
noun,
liquor, especially ale.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- podites
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- atopies
-
noun,
an allergy, involving an inherited immunoglobulin of the IgE type, that predisposes a person to certain allergic responses, as atopic dermatitis.
- Enfield
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- pointal
-
noun,
pointel.
- palsied
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- spinode
-
noun,
cusp (def 3).
- topline
-
adjective,
so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like:
- spleno-
-
- pointed
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- spindle
-
noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- pointel
-
noun,
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pandits
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- peptone
-
noun,
any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
- lepido-
-
- pointes
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- enfolds
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- peptide
-
noun,
a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- deposal
-
noun,
an act of deposing.
- dipoles
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- podetia
-
noun,
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
- podesta
-
noun,
any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- topside
-
noun,
the upper side.
- fondles
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- elodeas
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- topsail
-
noun,
a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- topples
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- plafond
-
noun,
a ceiling, whether flat or arched, especially one of decorative character.
- alipeds
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- adipose
-
noun,
animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- iodates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- pistole
-
noun,
a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- spondee
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- painted
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- depones
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- Ploesti
-
noun,
a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- etapes
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- pilafs
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- laptop
-
noun,
a portable computer, usually battery-powered, small enough to rest on the user's lap and having a screen that closes over the keyboard like a lid.
Compare tablet (def 6).
- lapsed
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- enfold
-
verb (used with object),
to wrap up; envelop:
- pipets
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- Pisano
-
noun,
Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- pistol
-
noun,
a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- Piston
-
noun,
a disk or cylindrical part tightly fitting and moving within a cylinder, either to compress or move a fluid collected in the cylinder, as air or water, or to transform energy imparted by a fluid entering or expanding inside the cylinder, as compressed air, explosive gases, or steam, into a rectilinear motion usually transformed into rotary motion by means of a connecting rod.
- pitons
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- elopes
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- L-dopa
-
noun,
Pharmacology. levodopa.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- 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.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- leafed
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- plani-
-
- plano-
-
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- pilose
-
adjective,
covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pilots
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- epodes
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Pinole
-
noun,
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
- pinots
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- Lenape
-
noun,
Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Leipoa
-
noun,
mallee fowl.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- pintos
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- piolet
-
noun,
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pipals
-
noun,
a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- lappet
-
noun,
a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- foiled
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- paleo-
-
- foetid
-
adjective,
fetid.
- paleon
-
- neaped
-
adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- nappes
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- Napoli
-
noun,
Italian name of Naples.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- isodef
-
noun,
uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- panto-
-
- pantos
-
noun,
pantomime (def 2).
- Papist
-
noun,
a Roman Catholic.
- fipple
-
noun,
a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- opiate
-
noun,
a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- nopals
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- Odense
-
noun,
a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- infold
-
verb (used with object),
enfold.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- nipple
-
noun,
a protuberance of the mamma or breast where, in the female, the milk ducts discharge; teat.
- ft-pdl
-
- f-stop
-
noun,
the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.
- paeons
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- opines
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- nested
-
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.
- fondle
-
verb (used with object),
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- paedo-
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- people
-
noun,
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general:
- Felipe
-
noun,
León (Camino) [le-awn kah-mee-naw] /lɛˈɔn kɑˈmi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1968, Spanish poet, in South America after 1939.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- felids
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- indef.
-
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- penta-
-
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Lepton
-
noun,
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lepto-
-
- pepino
-
noun,
a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Pepita
-
noun,
the edible seed of a pumpkin or squash, used in cooking and often dried or toasted and eaten as a snack food.
- peplos
-
noun,
a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- pepsin
-
noun,
an enzyme, produced in the stomach, that in the presence of hydrochloric acid splits proteins into proteoses and peptones.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- fantod
-
noun,
Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- peseta
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Spain and Andorra until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: P., Pta.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- pestle
-
noun,
a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- failed
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- Petofi
-
noun,
Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Lipton
-
noun,
Seymour, 1903–1986, U.S. sculptor.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- patois
-
noun,
a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- fiends
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- Fields
-
noun,
W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pelota
-
noun,
a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- pedals
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- pedate
-
adjective,
having a foot or feet.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- lippen
-
verb (used with object),
to trust (a person).
- pedion
-
noun,
a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- lipped
-
noun,
either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- Pelion
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- pelite
-
noun,
any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- peloid
-
noun,
mud used therapeutically.
- Pelops
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- patios
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- defile
-
noun,
any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
- defies
-
noun,
a challenge; a defiance.
- defeat
-
noun,
the act of overcoming in a contest:
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- deafen
-
verb (used with object),
to make deaf:
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- dapple
-
noun,
a spot or mottled marking, usually occurring in clusters.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- speedo
-
noun,
speedometer.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- 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.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- spinto
-
adjective,
having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element:
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- spleen
-
noun,
a highly vascular, glandular, ductless organ, situated in humans at the cardiac end of the stomach, serving chiefly in the formation of mature lymphocytes, in the destruction of worn-out red blood cells, and as a reservoir for blood.
- splen-
-
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- spoilt
-
noun,
Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- aslope
-
adverb,
at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.
- define
-
verb (used with object),
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- Dieppe
-
noun,
a seaport in N France, on the English Channel: raided by an Allied expeditionary force August 1942.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- septi-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- despot
-
noun,
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- depose
-
verb (used with object),
to remove from office or position, especially high office:
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- depone
-
verb (used with or without object),
to testify under oath; depose.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- denti-
-
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- sippet
-
noun,
a small bit; fragment.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- delfts
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- asleep
-
adverb,
in or into a state of sleep:
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- afield
-
adverb,
abroad; away from home.
- tip-on
-
noun,
tip1 (def 4).
- tippee
-
noun,
a person who receives a tip, as of money or information.
- tipple
-
noun,
intoxicating liquor.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- adopts
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- adeno-
-
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- topees
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- topple
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to topple.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Aleppo
-
noun,
a city in NW Syria.
- appose
-
verb (used with object),
to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- append
-
verb (used with object),
to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin:
- appels
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- steno-
-
- Steppe
-
noun,
an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- aniso-
-
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- aliped
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- teleo-
-
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- podite
-
noun,
an arthropod limb.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- donees
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- pleio-
-
- Pleiad
-
noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- please
-
Idioms,
if you please,
if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
(used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
- pleads
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- sapele
-
noun,
Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Poland
-
noun,
a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. About 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Capital: Warsaw.
- polite
-
adjective,
showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil:
- Ponape
-
noun,
an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- polit.
-
- polies
-
noun,
Informal. polyester (def 2):
- ponies
-
noun,
a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- pontil
-
noun,
punty.
- poplin
-
noun,
a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- postal
-
noun,
Informal. postal card.
- pointe
-
noun,
the tip of the toe.
- poised
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- poteen
-
noun,
the first distillation of a fermented mash in the making of whiskey.
- points
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- dopant
-
noun,
an impurity added intentionally in a very small, controlled amount to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties:
- potpie
-
noun,
a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- sapote
-
noun,
Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- diplo-
-
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- dipole
-
noun,
Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- selen-
-
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- elapid
-
noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- plated
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- elapse
-
noun,
the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- diploe
-
noun,
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.
- dispel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- topes
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- poise
-
noun,
a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight; equipoise.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Point
-
noun,
a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- podia
-
noun,
a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, a public speaker, the recipient of a sports medal, etc.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tele-
-
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- pipet
-
noun, verb (used with object),
pipette.
- Nepos
-
noun,
Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- poet.
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- tonia
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- topee
-
noun,
(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- stope
-
noun,
any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- oidea
-
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- pions
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- polis
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city-state.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- pipal
-
noun,
a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- pipes
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- nopal
-
noun,
any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- topis
-
noun,
topee.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- plast
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- poles
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- tiled
-
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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- 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.
- pleo-
-
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- lipo-
-
- Lippe
-
noun,
a former state in NW Germany: now part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- pleon
-
noun,
the abdomen of a crustacean.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- TOEFL
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Plato
-
noun,
427–347 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- plan-
-
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plead
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- plaid
-
noun,
any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- plio-
-
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- plops
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- telo-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- nappe
-
noun,
Geology. a large mass of rock thrust a considerable distance along a nearly horizontal fault plane or in an overturned anticlinal fold.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- naso-
-
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- teno-
-
- Lopes
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- plods
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- piton
-
noun,
a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ploid
-
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- pedi-
-
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- pilon
-
noun,
something extra; lagniappe.
- pedo-
-
- peels
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- peeps
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- pedal
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- peles
-
noun,
peel3 .
- pelfs
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Peale
-
noun,
Charles Willson [wil-suh n] /ˈwɪl sən/ (Show IPA), 1741–1827, and his brother James, 1749–1831, U.S. painters.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- patio
-
noun,
an area, usually paved, adjoining a house and used as an area for outdoor lounging, dining, etc.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- Paton
-
noun,
Alan (Stewart) 1903–88, South African novelist.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- 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.
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- pilot
-
noun,
a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- Peano
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, Italian mathematician.
- Pilos
-
noun,
Greek name of Navarino.
- sanit
-
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- petos
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- Pepin
-
noun,
("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- pepos
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- piano
-
noun,
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
- seti-
-
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- peons
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- Sept.
-
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- self-
-
- pesto
-
noun,
a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- peta-
-
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sleep
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- pene-
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- SLAPP
-
noun,
Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- sito-
-
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- Sino-
-
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- pilaf
-
noun,
a Middle Eastern dish consisting of sautéed, seasoned rice steamed in bouillon, sometimes with poultry, meat or shellfish.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- olpes
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Posen
-
noun,
German name of Poznań.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- posit
-
noun,
something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- post-
-
- Paeon
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- oste-
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- Spode
-
noun,
Josiah, 1733–97, and his son, Josiah, 1754–1827, English potters.
- pale-
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- opsin
-
noun,
any of several compounds that form the protein component of the light-sensitive retina pigment, rhodopsin.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- Pinto
-
noun,
Western U.S. a pinto horse.
- stipo
-
noun,
a tall, ornate, Italian desk with a drop lid.
- 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.
- 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.
- onlap
-
noun,
the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- ponds
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- pones
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- step-
-
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- opens
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- opine
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hold or express an opinion.
- popes
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Steep
-
noun,
a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Pinot
-
noun,
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- spado
-
noun,
Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Salop
-
noun,
a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- span-
-
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- Paoli
-
noun,
Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- Papen
-
noun,
Franz von [frahnts fuh n] /frɑnts fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1969, German diplomat, statesman, and soldier.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- paseo
-
noun,
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Pasto
-
noun,
a city in SW Colombia. About 8350 feet (2545 meters) above sea level.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- pated
-
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- splad
-
noun,
splat1 (def 1).
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- Palos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palpi
-
noun,
plural of palpus.
- palps
-
noun,
a palpus.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- 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.
- speel
-
verb (used with or without object),
to climb; ascend; mount.
- pant-
-
- plat.
-
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- IATSE
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dist.
-
- ideo-
-
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dipso
-
noun,
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk.
- dipl.
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- folds
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dopes
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- dopas
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- Fonda
-
noun,
an inn or restaurant.
- fonds
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- ileo-
-
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- insp.
-
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- inst.
-
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Defoe
-
noun,
Daniel, 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- dial.
-
- fades
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- depot
-
noun,
a railroad station.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- Indo-
-
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Delft
-
noun,
earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- ation
-
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- fends
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- endo-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feti-
-
- fetid
-
adjective,
having an offensive odor; stinking.
- felid
-
noun,
any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- fated
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Epis.
-
- etape
-
noun,
a place where troops camp after a day's march.
- estop
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to hinder or prevent by estoppel.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- Fedin
-
noun,
Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
- feeds
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- epode
-
noun,
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Epist
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- flips
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flied
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- fines
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fidel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- fidos
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- elope
-
verb (used without object),
to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.
- Field
-
noun,
an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- Fiend
-
noun,
Satan; the devil.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- finds
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filos
-
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- dept.
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ante-
-
- anis-
-
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- lapps
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Aesop
-
noun,
c620–c560 b.c, Greek writer of fables.
- anti-
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Apepi
-
noun,
Apophis.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Appel
-
noun,
a tap or stamp of the foot, formerly serving as a warning of one's intent to attack, but now also used as a feint.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Ital.
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Alope
-
noun,
a daughter of Cercyon who was raped by Poseidon and bore a son, Hippothous.
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Alsop
-
noun,
Joseph W(right) 1910–1989, U.S. political journalist and writer.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Apple
-
noun,
the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- aden-
-
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- 30-30
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- apptd
-
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- adopt
-
Verb phrases,
adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
- Adolf
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tel-
-
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- TOPS
-
noun,
the tops, top1 (def 22).
- poda
-
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pnea
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- plot
-
noun,
a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose:
- topi
-
noun,
topee.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- plop
-
noun,
a plopping sound or fall.
- Alis
-
- pil-
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- plod
-
noun,
the act or a course of plodding.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- 1080
-
- EDTA
-
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- EFTA
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- poil
-
noun,
a yarn or thread made from silk, used for ribbon, velvet, and as the core of gold, silver, and tinsel yarn.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- PetE
-
noun,
Billy, 1899–1966, U.S. theatrical producer.
- pols
-
noun,
a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- Pond
-
noun,
a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream.
- pone
-
noun,
Also called pone bread. a baked or fried bread usually made of cornmeal.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- pons
-
noun,
Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
- pop-
-
- Pope
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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.
- dpt.
-
- pos.
-
- pose
-
noun,
a bodily attitude or posture:
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- pole
-
noun,
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Piaf
-
noun,
Edith (Edith Giovanna Gassion) 1914–63, French singer.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- peto
-
noun,
wahoo3 .
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Pol.
-
- Pola
-
noun,
Pula.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ten.
-
- tion
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- EPOS
-
noun,
an epic.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- aet.
-
- Esd.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- pips
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- end-
-
- 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.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- epit
-
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- epi-
-
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- pion
-
noun,
the first meson to be discovered: it has spin 0 and may be positively or negatively charged or neutral; charged pions decay into a muon and a neutrino or antineutrino. Symbol: π.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- TODS
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- enl.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- top-
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ELAS
-
- tepe
-
noun,
(in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq) tell 2 .
- Ald.
-
- tope
-
noun,
a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TEPP
-
noun,
a colorless to amber, hygroscopic, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 P 2 O 7 , used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eso-
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ESOP
-
noun,
a plan under which a company's capital stock is acquired by its employees or workers.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- esp.
-
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- AInd
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- pot.
-
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- defs
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- slop
-
noun,
a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- apo-
-
- app.
-
- deft
-
adjective,
dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- appd
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- appl
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Apps
-
noun,
an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- def.
-
- SOAP
-
noun,
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- appt
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Del.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- Den.
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- sld.
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- spp.
-
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- SPOT
-
noun,
a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- daft
-
adjective,
senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- atop
-
preposition,
on the top of:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ates
-
- Danl
-
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Ste.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- dat.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deaf
-
noun,
deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- soln
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- dope
-
noun,
any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- alt.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dol.
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- dopa
-
noun,
an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- ppd.
-
- PPLO
-
- PSAT
-
- psia
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- psid
-
- pts.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- PTSD
-
- std.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- dep.
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- dif-
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- sepn
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- stop
-
noun,
the act of stopping.
- dia-
-
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- ano-
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- dis-
-
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ands
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dino
-
- fade
-
noun,
an act or instance of fading.
- pipe
-
noun,
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
- fado
-
noun,
a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- fads
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- fold
-
noun,
a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
- lin.
-
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- NDSL
-
- 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:
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lip-
-
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- fol.
-
- lit.
-
- Pan.
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Fla.
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flap
-
noun,
something flat and broad that is attached at one side only and hangs loosely or covers an opening:
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- fld.
-
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- fled
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of flee.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- Flip
-
noun,
an instance of flipping; a smart tap or strike.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- NTIA
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Pal.
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- FOIA
-
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- palp
-
noun,
a palpus.
- FLOP
-
noun,
an act of flopping.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- idae
-
- lops
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- Ont.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Ind.
-
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Ltd.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Lope
-
noun,
the act or the gait of loping.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- ole-
-
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Olpe
-
noun,
a form of the oinochoe.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- iso-
-
- NADP
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Opal
-
noun,
a mineral, an amorphous form of silica, SiO 2 with some water of hydration, found in many varieties and colors, including a form that is milky white.
- open
-
noun,
an open or clear space.
- LitD
-
- NASD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- fond
-
noun,
a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- itol
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- opts
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- lond
-
- ile-
-
- opes
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- opia
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- opp.
-
- fops
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- iod-
-
- Pen.
-
- feed
-
noun,
food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- neo-
-
- feds
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Fed.
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- pelf
-
noun,
money or wealth, especially when regarded with contempt or acquired by reprehensible means.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- fedn
-
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- 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.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- peso
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, and the Philippines, equal to 100 centavos.
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- 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.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Pet.
-
- int.
-
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- peon
-
noun,
(in Spanish America) a farm worker or unskilled laborer; day laborer.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- lea.
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- pepo
-
noun,
the characteristic fruit of plants of the gourd family, having a fleshy, many-seeded interior and a hard or firm rind, as the gourd, melon, and cucumber.
- peps
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- ins.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- intl
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Pele
-
noun,
peel3 .
- fend
-
verb (used with object),
to ward off (often followed by off):
- peep
-
noun,
a quick or furtive look or glance.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- find
-
noun,
an act of finding or discovering.
- not-
-
- Fin.
-
- filt
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- Lapp
-
noun,
Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- patd
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- nos-
-
- nope
-
adverb,
no1 (def 1).
- IndE
-
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- pat.
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- inae
-
- Lani
-
- paps
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- pato
-
noun,
an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- infl
-
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- pede
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- peds
-
- Lat.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- FIDO
-
noun,
a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
- ped.
-
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Peel
-
noun,
the skin or rind of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fids
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- Inf.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- Isl
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- NDE
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
-
- at.
-
- 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:
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- IOT
-
- spt
-
- NEA
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- IPO
-
- IPS
-
- IOF
-
- IPA
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- DAE
-
- ne-
-
- DSO
-
- DOA
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SOP
-
noun,
a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- do.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ATP
-
- ISA
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- ise
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- St.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Sta
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- AFL
-
- AFP
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- lep
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AEF
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Les
-
- TID
-
- TIA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- tlo
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- ap-
-
- ad-
-
- Af.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- ae.
-
- an.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- ADF
-
- LDP
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ld.
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lif
-
- ast
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LON
-
- LOP
-
noun,
parts or a part lopped off.
- STL
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- STI
-
- ist
-
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- Apl
-
- LPN
-
- LSI
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- APS
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- NSF
-
- NAD
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ITA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LSD
-
- LaF
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- SOF
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- Lt.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- STP
-
- LDS
-
- La.
-
- TAL
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANF
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ite
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- NFD
-
- OSD
-
- NFL
-
- ean
-
- DPS
-
- Ps.
-
- pt.
-
- PTO
-
- DSA
-
- DSP
-
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- DST
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- DPI
-
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ed.
-
- poi
-
noun,
a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- POE
-
noun,
Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- POA
-
- PLO
-
- Fl.
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- pli
-
- plf
-
- DPP
-
- pp.
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Sp.
-
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- ose
-
- PTP
-
- DOP
-
noun,
a tool for holding gemstones for cutting or polishing.
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- OSP
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- NFS
-
- PSF
-
- PSE
-
- PSA
-
- DPA
-
- PPT
-
- PPS
-
- ot-
-
- ppl
-
- PPI
-
- PPE
-
- OTA
-
- PPA
-
noun,
a substance, C 9 H 13 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Pa.
-
- pd.
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- EDP
-
- EDT
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FDA
-
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- EPS
-
- EPT
-
- ESA
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- ese
-
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ESL
-
- PEP
-
noun,
lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
- ETO
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- ETS
-
- FAO
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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:
- PID
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- fo.
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pfd
-
- pf.
-
- FPS
-
- FAD
-
noun,
a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- EOE
-
- PIO
-
- PAP
-
noun,
soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- PDT
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- FIO
-
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- PDF
-
noun,
a file format that makes it possible to display text and graphics in the same fixed layout on any computer screen.
- PDL
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- FET
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- PLA
-
- 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.
- pl.
-
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- fid
-
noun,
a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
- en-
-
- Fia
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ene
-
- PIP
-
noun,
one of the spots on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.
- opt
-
Verb phrases,
opt out, to decide to leave or withdraw:
- TSP
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IDP
-
- Npt
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- OIt
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- il-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- SED
-
- ide
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- oid
-
- DIL
-
- NOP
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- DET
-
- DFA
-
- DFT
-
- di.
-
- OAS
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- OSF
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OSA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ILS
-
- op.
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ILP
-
- ILO
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OED
-
- 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.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- of-
-
- NSA
-
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- OAP
-
- FOT
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ONI
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- Doi
-
- ons
-
- ine
-
- io-
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- OPA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- FPO
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- FSA
-
- ft.
-
- ope
-
adjective, verb (used with or without object),
open.
- id.
-
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- FTP
-
noun,
File Transfer Protocol: a software protocol for exchanging information between computers over a network.
- FOS
-
- ONF
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- DLS
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OPS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of plenty, and the wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter: identified with the Greek goddess Rhea.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IAS
-
- DLO
-
- SAE
-
- SLP
-
- NIA
-
- NLF
-
- DNA
-
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- fop
-
noun,
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- OA
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FP
-
- AO
-
- TP
-
- NL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- FD
-
- FE
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- le
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- O.
-
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- SN
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- T1
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- TN
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- LP
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plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- N.
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- PO
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noun,
a chamber pot.
- DN
-
- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- L2
-
- L1
-
- 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.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ND
-
- 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.
-
- ln
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- S.
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- SA
-
- SL
-
- t.
-
- TD
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NF
-
- TL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SF
-
- IP
-
- dl
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- DP
-
- DF
-
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
-
- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LF
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- ol
-
- fn
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- NP
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- L.
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